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MOUNT HOPE RETREAT 



MOUNT HOPE RETREAT is situated on 
the Reisterstown road, about six miles 
from Baltimore city. It can be easily 
reached by the Western Maryland Railroad, 
which passes through the grounds, or by a 
very pleasant drive by automobile through 
Druid Hill Park and Arlington, and thence 
by the Reisterstown Turnpike. This gigantic 
institutiton is devoted to the care and treat- 
ment of the insane and is headed by Sister 
M. Magdalene, while Dr. Charles G. Hill is 
the physician - in - chief. The grounds and 
buildings present a most picturesque sight 
• to the visitor. The buildings are of massive 
construction, while the grounds are well laid 
out and are kept in perfect order. One has 
to visit Mount Hope to appreciate the place 
where so many unfortunates are cared for 
and placed on the road to recovery. On en- 
tering the grounds we pass through a mas- 
sive iron gate with a little brick house for 
the keeper at the right; on we wind our way 
up an avenue of trees and shrubbery, pass- 
ing through a beautifully sunken garden, 
and then into the main building, which, be- 
sides containing the rooms of the patients, 
contains also the chapel, recreation hall, 
pharmacy, dining room and billiard room. 
Leaving the main building we walk a few 
yards through a grove, entering the gentle- 
men's pavilion, which is well arranged and 
affords ample recreation for the men.. Then 
a bit farther, in a grove of huge oaks and 
chestnuts, is the ladies' recreation grounds, 
where winter and summer one may find the 
svv'ings and hammocks occupied by female 
patients. Then comes the power plant in 
which the electricity and heat is furnished 
to all the buildings, and also where the laun- 
dry is located. Leaving here we cross a large 
lawn and in a few seconds we are on the 
banks of the lake and upon the glittering 
waters can be seen a dozen or more row 
boats, the occupants paddling here and there 
and seemingly full of glee. Next we visit 
the stables, where we see those who are em- 
ployed in various capacities on the farm, at- 
tending the stock or preparing to enter the 
fields, for all the vegetables used on the 
tables at Mount Hope are raised on the farm. 
The impression left on the visitor is that 
the instituttion maintains the highest effi- 
ciency in the care and treatment of the in- 
sane, and is one of the many of which Bal- 
timore county is justly proud. —Adv. 



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I BALTIMORE COUNTY | 

I Its History 1 

I Progress and 1 

I Opportunities 1 

E With Suapsliots and Sideli^li(»« = 

= «f Some of Its Prominent Men = 




Snapshots and Illustration' 
By LOtilK UONNKTT 



Sidelights by 
T. SCOTT OFFUTT ant 

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EL.MKK R. HAII.K 



COPYRIGHT 1916 

THE JEFFERSONIAN PUB. CO.. InC 

TOWSON. MD 



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- HOLDING THE TORCH OF PROGRESS 
HIGH. BEARING HER WEIGHT UPON 
ENTERPRISE. WITH THE GLORIOUS 
SUN OF UPBUILDING BEAMING ITS 
RAYS UPON ALL. BALTIMORE COUNTY 
STANDS SUPREME FOR CIVIC BET- 
TERMENT AND MORE INDUSTRIES. 




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RESPONDING to requests of 
many citizens of Baltimore 
County for a complete set of the 

Towson Snapshots ' ' which 
have appeared in The Jefferson - 
ian, we take pleasure in pre- 
senting this little booklet to 
you, and trust that you will 
find it worth preserving. 

Not only does it give a brief 
history of the communitj' in 
which we live and which offers 
so much in the waj' of oppor- 
tunities, but sketches and side- 
lights of some of our count}'' s 
most prominent men . You may 
have heard their names in a 
political or social way and j^et 
never had the opportunity of 
meeting them, and for that rea- 
son we have created this work. 

Baltimore County has devel- 
oped some great men within 
its borders, and there is every 
reason to believe that some of 
the younger generation will be- 
come even greater and nobler 
as thej^ take on jears, and a 
reference of this character will 
be valuable in later periods 
when you may wish to refresh 
your memory of days gone b}' ; 
to review the happenings of 
your early life and relate the 
past history of the county to 
your children and your grand- 
children. 

The Jeffersoniax, 

TowsciN, Md. 




VIEWS AT THE COU NTY-SEAT---TOWSON 




BALTIMORE COUNTY was created into 
a county about the year 1659, and at 
that period its territorial limits includ- 
ed what is now known as Harford and 
Carroll counties, large portions of Anne 
Arundel, Howard and Frederick and, as far 
as we are able to learn, Cecil and Kent coun- 
ties. The first true description of its bounds 
is found in the proclamation of June 6, 1G74, 
by which it was declared that the southern 
limits of Baltimore county shall be "the 
south side of Patapsco River, and from the 
highest plantation on that side of the river 
due south two miles into the woods." By 
the act of 16 98 a boundary line was adopted 
between Baltimore and Anne Arundel coun- 
ties, which had been located by the Com- 
missioners appointed under the Act of As- 
sembly passed in the year 16 98. This line, 
which is particularly described in this act 
and which began upon the bay about one 
mile and a quarter to the south of Bodkin 
Creek, attached to Baltimore county a con- 
siderable tract of country lying south of the 
Patapsco River, but in 1725 this act was re- 
pealed and the present boundary was es- 
tablished. 

The western boundaries of the county were 
unidentified, and in the absence of an act 
creating Baltimore countj' we are unable to 
ascertain the original western limits. At one 
time it is known to have extended to the 
head of the Patuxent River, and afterwards 
to the head of the Patapsco, remaining so 
until the foundation of Frederick county. 

On the north Baltimore county extended to 
the extreme limits of the province. 

Its eastern limits have for many years been 
an interesting subject of dispute, and there 
is strong evidence to show that they formerly 
embraced Cecil county and extended down the 
entire Eastern Shore, probably including the 
whole territory now forming Kent county. 

In the very early records of the province 
may be found many deeds and patents for 
land on the Elk River, the Bohemia and the 
Sassafras, which are described as lying in 
Baltimore county. There are also several of- 
ficial references in proclamations and else- 





where to 
points on 
the East- 
ern Shore 
north of 
the Ches- 
ter River 
as within 
the limits 
o 1' this 
county. 
In 17 7 
an act was 
passed 
providing 
for the 
removal 
o f Thom- 
as Howell, 
"now ly- 
ing un- 
der execution of debt," in the custody of the 
Sheriff of Cecil county, into the custody of 
the Sheriff of Kent county, and this removal 
was made necessary by the late division of 
those counties, whereby this Howell became 
an inhabitant of Kent county, showing that 
at least a portion had previously been em- 
braced within the limits of Cecil, which itself 
had originally been included within Balti- 
more county. 

Carroll county, named after Charles Car- 
roll of Carrollton, was created in 1835 out 
of Baltimore and Frederick counties, thus 
greatly narrowing the limits of Baltimore 
county on the west. 

"Baltimore Town in Baltimore County" 
was incorporated as a city in the year 1796, 
and from time to time it has annexed much 
of the county's land, and is now said to be 
after more, which is a pretty good sign that 
Old Baltimore County is still a very desir- 
able place in which to live. 

The people of Baltimore county — to make 
a long story short — are now, always have 
been and always will be, the best people on 
earth. At least that is exactly the way we 
feel about it. 

When Capt. John Smith, in the summer 
of 1608, penetrated the territory of Baltimore 
county he found it inhabited by a nation 
of Indians who lived on or near the river 
which has since borne their name — the Sus- 
quehanna. The "Susquehanoughs" being 
hunting Indians, changed their abodes as 
game grew scarce, and so scattered them- 
selves over a large extent of country. Their ^\ 
chief settlement was about 21 miles from the J 
mouth of the Susquehanna River, but in the'^ 
spring and summer they made visits to the 



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salt water for fish and oysters. Captain Smith 
described them as "noble specimens of hu- 
manity." They were clad in bear and woL 
skins, wearing the skin as the Mexican his 
poncho, passing the head through a slit in 
the centre, and letting the garment drape 
naturally around from the shoulders. Thus 
Smith described one of these gigantic war- 
riors. 

Fox-hunting seemed to be a favorite sport 
with the farmers, and many of the citizens 
joined in it, mounted on tough, sturdy horses 
not very showy to look at, but capital nags 
for a gallop across country. Soon after the 
peace, we are told, Robert Oliver used every 
year to turn a bag-fox In the region which is 
now South Baltimore, near the "Old Bat- 
tery," which then was a wilderness abound- 
ing in game. On one of these occasions a 
French gentleman out with his gun in pur- 
suit of "ze sport" saw the fox running and 
deliberately shot him, and placed him trium- 
phantly in his game bag. In the next min- 
ute he was surrounded by the pack of hounds, 
who sprang upon him, and he would have 
had a serious time of it (as it never came 
Into his mind to throw them the fox) had 
not the hunters come up in time to rescue 
him. 

Another source of amusement was found 
in fairs, which were held in Baltimore from 
an early period until discontinued by the 
Committee of Observation shortly before the 
outbreak of the Revolution. At these fairs 
horse-racing, cock-fighting, sack-races, climb- 
ing the grease poles, chasing a pig with soap- 
ed tail, and many other sports that amused 
the rustics drew large crowds. 

The criminal laws in those days were more 
severe than at present. Offenses now pun- 
ished by im- 
prisonment 
were punish- 
ed in the 18th 
century by the 
stocks, the pil- 
lory, the whip- 
ping - post, or 
the gallows. 
Our ancestors 
troubled them- 
selves little 
with the mod- 
6 r n humani- 
tarian notions 
o f reforming 





m ale factors; 
they thought 
that the object 
of punishment 
was to punish 
and the more 
disagreable 
they could 
make it within 
reasonable 
bounds, a n d 
the more de- 
terrent to oth- 
ers, the better. 
Hence punish- 

usually public, 
and a mob always gathered to jeer at an in- 
corrigible vagrant with both feet fast in the 
stocks; a forger, with head and hands in the 
pillory, exposed to a pelting storm of dead 
cats and unmerchantable eggs; or a thief 
handcuffed to the whipping post, and howling 
under the infliction of thirty-nine lashes well 
laid on with a cowhide in the hands of a mus- 
cular deputy sheriff. 

It may be of interest to home-comers to 
know that the now Triumphant Towson has 
not always been the center of County Gov- 
ernment. Baltimore county, as nearly as can 
be ascertained, was established about the year 
165 9. At that time it embraced within its 
limits all of Harford and Carroll counties and 
large portions of Anne Arundel. Howard and 
Frederick, and very probably Cecil and Kent. 
The first county court appears to have been 
held at the residence of Capt. Thomas Howell 
in the year 1661, within the limits of what 
is now Cecil county. 

An exhaustive research among the histori- 
cal archives of Maryland has failed to d'sclose 
the precise location of the first county seat, 
known as Old Baltimore, or when it was es- 
tablished, but it is supposed to have been lo- 
cated at some point on Bush River prior to 
the year 1683. By Chapter V. of the Acts 
of that year a port of entry was established 
"on Bush River, on the town land, near the 
Court House," and it is apparent from the 
language of the act that this town on Bush 
River was already the county seat when it 
was made a port of entry. According to Free- 
born Garretson, the first church building of 
any kind in Baltimore county was located 
about three miles from Old Baltimore. It 
was the parent of St. George's parish, now 
known as "Spesutle Church," and among the 
records of the latter appear the names of 



many descendants of the Old Baltimoreans. 

The Court House on Bush River was aban- 
doned some time between 16 83 and 17 07, and 
a second one erected on the Gunpowder River 
at a place called "Foster's (otherwise For- 
ster's) Neck." 

In 1707 the Provincial Assembly of Mary- 
land passed an act directing that the Court 
House at Forster's Neck "should be deserted, 
and in lieu thereof 50 acres of land in a 
tract on said river, belonging to Anne Felks, 
called 'Taylor's Choice,' should be erected 
into a town and the Court House of the said 
county should be built there." The place 
designated by this Act was the same after- 
wards known as Joppa. The Commissioners 
appointed to build the new Court House at 
Taylor's Choice, afterwards Joppa, were pe- 
culiarly unfortunate. Their first blunder was 
in commencing operations before getting the 
Queen's approval. It seems that the build- 
ing was nearly finished when word came from 
across the . ocean that Her Majesty Queen 
Anne had vetoed the Act of 1707. Not until 
the year 1712 was the work legalized. At 
that time an act was passed entitled, "An 
Act for Settling Baltimore County Court at 
the New House at Joppa." It recites the for- 
mer operations of the Commissioners, con- 
firms them and then declares: "That Balti- 
more County Court shall be from henceforth 
held at the said Court House, now built at 
the town of Joppa, and not elsewhere, and 
that the same Court House be, to all intents, 
constructions and purposes, adjudged, used, 
reputed and taken as the proper Court House 
for Baltimore County." Whether or not the 
county seat was in fact moved from Old Bal- 
timore to Forster's Neck seems to be a dis- 
puted question. One of the leading histor- 
ians is of the 
opinion that 
the county seat 
remained a t 
Old Baltimore 
until 1712, 
when i t w a s 
removed di- 
rectly to Jop- 
pa. A n o t her 
serious blun- 
der made by 
the Court 
House build- 
ers at Joppa is 
disclosed by an 
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1724, the pre- 
amble to which 
states that the 
right of the 
land was in a 
minor, "w h o 
could not con- 
vey, although 
:, his father. Col. 
i J a m e s Max- 
well, had re- 
ceived full sat- 
isfaction for 
the same." It 
then proceeds 
to declare that 
the two acres 
of ground on 
which the Court House and prison were built, 
"shall be to the use of the county forever." 
Thomas Tolly, Capt. John Taylor, Daniel 
Scott. Lancelot Todd and John Stokes, or any 
three of them, were authorized and empow- 
ered to purchase 20 acres of land at Joppa, 
and lay it out into 40 equal lots "to be erect- 
ed into a town." The survey was completed 
in the latter part of June, 1726, and the sur- 
veyor. Col. John Dorsey, received for his serv- 
ices five hundred pounds of tobacco from the 
County Court. Practically all of the town 
lots appear to have been taken up and the 
names of the lotholders preserved to this 
day. Joppa at once sprang into prominence 
and became a great commercial center. Prob- 
ably the one thing that contributed to its 
growth more than any other was the enact- 
ment of a law which provided, in substance, 
that every debtor who should bring tobacco 
to Joppa for the purpose of paying a debt 
should be allowed a discount or reduction of 
10 per cent, on the claim. This was intend- 
ed to draw trade to the new county seat and 
the results proved that the legislators of 
that day were good judges of human nature. 
Joppa became a great tobacco market, which 
meant a great deal in those days, when to- 
bacco was king, taking the place of money 
in the trade and commerce of the colonies. 
The mode of getting this staple product to 
the county seat in those days was rather in- 
genious. The tobacco was packed in hogs- 
heads and a gudgeon or pin fastened in each 
end, to which loop-hole shafts were attached 
and fastened to the collar of the horse. Thus 
the grower "rolled" his load to town, and 
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were called "rolling roads." Many still re- 
tain the name. These "rolling roads" poured 
vast quantities of tobacco into Joppa and a 
very considerable commerce was established 
not only with the West Indies, but with Eu- 
rope. The county seat remained at Joppa 
down to 1768 — a period of about 56 years — 
when by an Act of Assembly it was removed 
to "Baltimore Town," which in the mean- 
time had become a formidable rival to her 
elder sister. From that time may be dated 
the "Decline and Pall" of the ancient town 
of Joppa. No vestige of her former glory 
now remains. The old Court House was sold 
and has long since crumbled away. As late 
as 18 8 only a solitary tenement of antique 
style and venerable appearance, standing on 
the Harford short of the Gunpowder River 
remained to mark the spot where Joppa once 
stood. All that remains to remind us of her 
existence are the numerous "Joppa roads," 
in Baltimore and Harford counties, which 
were used by the inhabitants of those bygone 
days to attend courts at the county seat and 
to pay their debts in tobacco, less 10 per cent, 
deducted according to law. Among the in- 
teresting facts noted in the history of Joppa 
are the following: "January 10, 1752, Mar- 
tha Bassett and Mary Powell were hanged 
at Joppa, pursuant to sentence, for the mur- 
der of Mrs. Clarke. The execution of John 
Berry, the wicked contriver of this scene of 
villany, was deferred until yesterday (Jan- 
uary 15), when he was to be executed near 
the place where the murder was committed, 
and afterwards hung in chains." And on 
November 28, 1753, "John Barrett was exe- 
cuted at Joppa for the murder of his wife 
some time ago, and was afterward hung in 
chains on a gibbet as high as Haman's gal- 
lows near Bal- 
timore Town, 
where he com- 
m i 1 1 e d the 
act." On the 
2 2d of June, 
1768, an Act 
was passed re- 
moving the 
county seat 
o f Baltimore 
county to Bal- 
timore Town 
(now B a 1 t i- 
more city) in 
said county. 





Baltimore Town 
was originally 
created by an 
Act of the Pro- 
vincial Assem- 
bly o f Mary- 
land, passed in 
17 29, entitled 
"An Act for 
erecting a town 
on the north 
side of Pataps- 
co, i n Balti- 
more county, 
and for laying 
out in lots 60 
acres of land in and about the place where 
one John Fleming now lives." This John 
Fleming seems to have been, at the time of 
his birth, the entire population of Baltimore 
Town. 

The countj^ seat of Baltimore county thus 
remained within the limits of what is now 
known as Baltimore city, then "Baltimore 
Town," from the year 1768 until the year 
185 4, when the separation of city and county 
finally took place. 

During this period the Court House seems 
to have been located on the site of the Bat- 
tle Monument. When the old Court House 
was built the bluff at St. Paul, Fayette and 
Lexington streets extended to North street, 
then descended in an abrupt precipice to the 
falls, and the Court House stood sheer and 
toppling upon the very edge and comb of this 
bluff, at the then head of Calvert street, un- 
til it was, in 18 74, underpinned and arched 
and the street opened. At that time the 
arch under the Court House was supplied 
with stock, pillory and whipping-post. Mr. 
Robert Gilmor, in his reminiscences, says the 
Court House stood on a hill 60 or 100 feet 
above the level of the basin, and about 30 
or 40 feet above the level of the present pave- 
ments. The Hon. John P. Kennedy thus de- 
picted the condition of Baltimore Town at 
that period, and his words are quoted with 
approval by the historian, Scharf: 

"It was a treat to see this little Baltimore 
Town just at the termination of the war of 
independence, so conceited, so bustling and 
debonnaire, growing up like a saucy, chubby 
boy, with his dimpled cheeks and short, grin- 
ning face, fat and mischievous, and burst- 
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of all the allowance of tucks and broad sel- 
vages. Maz-ket street had shot, like a Nur- 
emberg snake out of its toy box, as far as 
Congress Hall (Sharp and Baltimore streets), 
with its line of low-browed, hipped-roof wood- 
en houses in disorderly array, standing for- 
ward and back, after the manner of a regi- 
ment of militia with many an interval be- 
tween the files. Some of these structures 
were painted blue and white and some yel- 
low,, and here and there sprang up a more 
magnificent mansion of brick, with windows 
like a multiplication table and great wastes 
of wall between the stories, with occasional 
courtyards before them, and reverential lo- 
cust trees, under whose shade bevies of truant 
school boys, ragged little negroes and gro- 
tesque chimney sweeps 'skyed coppers' and 
disported themselves at marbles." 

A city chap who was hollowed-eyed, stoop- 
shouldered and sort of careworn-looking, suit- 
case in hand, casually dropped into the office 
of The Jeffersonian one day and stated that 
he wanted to locate somewhere in a wide- 
awake and live community. "What's the mat- 
ter with Baltimore county," volunteered the 
man behind the desk. "It's all right," re- 
plied the visitor, with a great deal of empha- 
sis on the RIGHT. 

However, it was not necessary for this city 
chap to tell us this, because we really be- 
lieve that Baltimore county is "all right," and 
that its opportunities are numerous, there be- 
ing 99,000 reasons for our saying so. 

Baltimore county is the most populous 
county in the State and probably one of the 
richest in the whole United States. Accord- 
ing to the Federal Census in 1910 the popu- 
lation of Baltimore county was 122,39 9, an 
increase over the census of 1900 of 31,644; 
the population 
at that time 
being 90,755. 
But that isn't 
all, by any 
means. Balti 
more county 
has been grow- 
ing ever since. 
The records in 
the Health Of- 
fice at Towson 
show that 2,- 
422 children 
were born in 
the county last 
year, and there 





is no telling as 
to j u s t h o w 
many people 
migrated here 
from other sec- 
tions of the 
country. The 
next largest 
county in the 
Slate is Alle- 
gany, it having 
a population of 
62,411, while 
Calvert, the 
smallest in 
size, has a 
population of 
10,325. The population of Baltimore county 
is made up of 109,733 whites, 12,601 ne- 
groes, 14 Chinese and 1 Japanese. There are 
3 9,306 children between 5 and 20 years of 
age. 

But now we will let statistics drop, for a 
time at least. Everybody with any l^nowl- 
edge at all is aware of the fact that Baltimore 
county is growing, and growing fast, and as 
sure as the sun makes it appearance in the 
East each morning, just so sure is Baltimore 
county going to make monstrous and pro- 
gressive strides in the future. Why? Sim- 
ply because it's about the best place under 
sun, moon and stars in which to live. 

It is not our desire to make individual 
comparisons, but according to the Sun Al- 
manac, which is a most reliable authority, it 
is the richest county in the State. The poor- 
est county is just $114,576,4.51 poorer than 
is the community in which we live. There is 
not the slightest doubt that this year Balti- 
more county will total approximately $165,- 
000,000. Any person who can distinguish 
the difference between good and bad knows 
that unless something unforeseen interferes, 
the taxable basis of the county will continue 
to grow greatly from year to year. 

According to Government reports for 1910 
the farmers of Baltimore county raised corn 
to the value of $1,187,574, wheat to the value 
of $571,200, oats to the value of $166,762, 
potatoes to the value of $467,881, apples to 
the value of $266,024, grapes to the value of 
$208,393, and strawberries to the value of 
$1,227,342. 

One would probably not believe it, but 
there are 4,178 farms in the county, with a 
total acreage of 326,482 acres. The value of 



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these farms is estimated at $41,290,267; the 
valuation of the live stock is put at $2,909,- 
490. The total gallons of milk produced is 
5,889,472. The number of eggs produced is 
1,203,390 dozen; this does not mean of the 
cold-storage variety, but good, fresh eggs 
that tend to build up human lives. 

The citizens of Baltimore county are live 
and wide awake, always on the alert. They 
are fast getting away from the old ideas en- 
tertained by their forefathers and are keep- 
ing in touch with that part of the world which 
is the most progressive, taking advantage of 
every invention that will promote the welfare 
of their community. The ox-carts are a thing 
Qi' the past, ancient history, so to speak. We 
have outgrown such things. Instead of un- 
hitching his driving mare from the plow to 
drive to the city, the farmer now cranks his 
motor car and hurries off in a jiffy. 

His mail and parcel post is delivered to his 
door, no matter whether he lives in a bu'lt- 
up section or in one of the most remote dis- 
tricts. If he wishes to comunicate with his 
neighbor he lifts the receiver off the tele- 
phone and chats over the wire. But not onlv 
are the rural dwellers of our county progres- 
sive, but every other class of our citizens are 
up-to-date. 

The public schools of Baltimore county are 
unsurpassed, and we feel justified in making 
such an assertion simply l)ecause it is a mecca 
for educators. They come here from all sec- 
tions of the United States to study our school 
system. Let us dig up some statistics con- 
cerning the public schools of the county. 

According to the Annual Report of the 
School Board 

there are 181 ^^'If/z'/y^ 

school houses 
in the county, 
l:;!9 of which 
are owned by 
the county and 
42 are rented. 
The teachers 
employed total ^^( 
515; 467 white^^^ 



and 

ed. 

ber 



48 color- 
The num- 
of pupils 
enrolled is 21,- 
507 — 10,828 
males and 10,- 
679 females, 
t h e evenness 
of the division 
being most re- 
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ments for the 
maintenance oi 
schools is 
about $575,- 
508.49, which 
amount divid- 
ed by the num- 
ber of pupils 
enrolled would 
indicate a per 
capita of near- 
ly $27. Owing 
to the rigid 
enforcement of 
the compulsory 
attendance law 
3,000 addition- 
al children 
have been en- 
rolled within 
the last few 
years, requir- 
ing about 60 
additional teachers and as many classrooms. 
There is probably no other county in INlary- 
land that is building up such a system of good 
roads as rapidly as is Baltimore county. The 
amount appropriated by the County Commis- 
sioners for roads and bridges approximates 
$500,000 and represents about 40 cents of 
the tax rate, which is $1.06. This is the 
largest appropriation ever made for roads in 
the history of the county. 

The most noticeable feature of this ap- 
propriation is that about $200,000 of it will 
be set aside as an improved road system fund, 
an equal fifteenth part of this to be spent 
yearly in the several districts of the county 
until ten miles of good, substantial roads 
shall have been completed in each district. 

In this county at the present time there 
are about 12,000 miles of public roads, which 
are under the general control of the County 
Commissioners, and the work of building 
good roads is not yet complete, it being the 
aim of the officials to build up the cross 
roads to connect with the State highways, 
thereby making every part of the county ac- 
cessible. 

Baltimore is probably one of the best-gov- 
erned counties under the American flag, it 
having the commission form of government, 
conceded by many who have studied the 
question to be the best form of government 
that can be had. The county enjoys a gov- 
ernment that is simple, within easy reach of 
all the people, responsive to the people's will 
and extremely inexpensive considering the 
amount of money handled and the work ac- 
complished. 



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While the tax rate at the present time is 
higher than it has ever been before, owing 
primarily to the phenomenal growth of the 
community, and the growing sentiment for 
better roads, schools and other improvements. 
The rate of $1.04 which now prevails is ex- 
tremely low when compared with the tax rate 
of Baltimore city and others counties of the 
State. The city rate is well over the $2.00 
mark and is bound to increase. With the 
constantly increasing taxable basis and the 
apparent determination of the people to keep 
free from a bonded debt, Baltimore county's 
tax rate should decrease rather than increase. 

The populace of the county is composed of 
good, hospitable people — neighborly, law- 
abiding, honest, sturdy and industrious. 

With the improvement in the road system 
the development of the county is certain and 
there is not the slightest doubt that in a few 
years Baltimore county will forge ahead of 
its present fine record. The splendid oppor- 
tunities it affords to anyone who wants to 
live happily among congenial people; to pros- 
per and not be hampered by the stifling at- 
mosphere of the city's hustle and bustle is 
beyond belief. Its splendid soil offers to all 
those who would pursue an agricultural life 
ample facilities, and not the least is the ex- 
cellent opportunities it affords manufactur- 
ing concerns to establish factories along its 
water front. The fine openings it offers those 
who would use its water power, and after 
summing all up it is difficult to conceive any 
place under the sun that presents more and 
better busiess 
opportunities 
than does Bal- 
timore county. 
The county has 
forged ahead 
and become 
a rich and pros- 
perous commu- 
nity, but its 
resources and 
opportunities 
h^ve not as yet 
been exhaust- 
ed. There is 
still much 
room for de- 
velopment. In 
some sections 
there is excel- 
lent opportu- 
nity for great 
manufacturing 
enterprises — 
for example, 
the section 
about High- 




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landtown and Canton, where the railroad and 
water facilities exceed by far those of other 
sections of the State — a most ideal place in- 
deed for the manufacturer to locate. Bal- 
timore city has what is known as a Factory 
Site Commission, and this body has in most 
cases been very effective. But the great draw- 
back to manufacturers locating in the city is 
that the tax rate is too high and the red-tape 
methods of government too intricate. On the 
other hand, the tax rate in this county is ex- 
tremely low, all things considered, and the 
government is free from hampering methods, 
and the county offers greater service in the 
way of railroad and water transportation. 

Baltimore county does not necessarily have 
to create a commission such as the city has 
provided to interest manufacturers to locate 
within its borders. This work can be accom- 
plished very effectively from the County Com- 
missioners' office. If the county was adver- 
tised more freely — -giving a complete history 
of its advantages, there are any number of 
manufacturers who would be only too glad 
to investigate and finaly locate here, for the 
simple reason that we can offer much at less 
expense than can be procured elsewhere. 

We have the sections to develop, then why 
not make use of our opportunities? Why 
does Baltimore city wish to get control of 
the water front? Simply because it has be- 
come awakened to the fact that there lies 
untold opportunities for development in the 
section to which it is looking — Highlandtown 
and Canton. 

Why not, then, let us make Baltimore coun- 
ty richer and greater and develop these sec- 
tions ourselves? Opportunity knocks at the 
door of our county. Let us be up and doing. 
Let us develop Highlandtown and Canton 
into a great manufacturing section. Let our 
slogan be MORE INDUSTRIES. 

Baltimore county now stretches from York 
county, Pennsylvania, to the Chesapeake Bay. 
and binds on Harford, Howard, Anne Arun- 
del and Carroll counties and the City of Bal- 
timore. 

In 1910 it had a population of about 122,- 
000, which taking the usual ratio of the 
registered vote to the population has prob- 
ably increased to over 140,000, at the pres- 
ent time. 

It contains in Highlandtown and Canton, 
which together constitute one community, 
the largest city in the State, outside of the 
City of Baltimore. 

It contains assessable property valued at 
over $176,000,000, which is substantially 
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It has in the Maryland Steel Company one 
of the largest steel and ship-building plants 
in the country, and it has as well extensive 
copper, smelting and rolling works, oil re- 
fineries, steel, cotton and textile mills, fer- 
tilizer and other factories, employing many 
thousands of workmen who reside in the 
county. 

It has eight national banks, and five coun- 
ty newspapers. 

It is traversed by several State roads ra- 
diating from the City of Baltimore to im- 
portant centers in the State, and it has about 
12 00 miles of road of its own on which it 
spends annually about $500,000, and these 
loads with the State roads form a network 
of splendid highways over the whole county 
which is being constantly improved and ex- 
tended. 

It has a splendid public school system and 
has built a number of fine modern school 
I'uildings, and its schools are all maintained 
by its own taxpayers because it pays more 
to the State for school purposes than it re- 
ceives. 

It has 326,482 acres of farm land of a 
value of more than $40,000,000, of which the 
greater part is free from mortgage. 

In the southern and eastern sections of the 
county trucking is carried on extensively for 
distant as well as nearby markets, while in 
the northern and western sections dairying 
and general farming is pursued. 

Among the railroads which run through 
the county are, the Baltimore and Ohio, the 
Pennsylvania, the Western Maryland and the 
Maryland and Pennsylvania, and along these 
reads and their branches and subsidiary lines 
and the water front are located the factories, 
mills and industrial establishments. 

The policy of the county for many years 
has been to keep free from bonded indebted- 
ness, and to keep the tax bills of its citizens 
as low as was possible consistently with an 
efficient government, since it was believed 
that low taxes, fair treatment and an effi- 
cient government were the best inducements 
which could be offered for the investment of 
capital in developing the resources of the 
county. 

It will be seen from this brief summary 
that Baltimore county is in itself a strong, 
rich and prosperous municipality, which is 
not only free from debt itself but which 
bears its full share of the State's burdens. 



Baltimore County Officials 



U<»ai'(l of County Commissioners: 

WILLIAM P. COGHLAN, President 

JAMES RITTENHOUSE 

GEORGE W. YELLOTT 

WILLIAM P. BOSLEY 

A. FREDERICK SCHLEE 

HUGH J. GALLAGHER, Chief Clerk 

Judges of the Circuit Court: 

N. CHARLES BURKE, Chief Judge 
FRANK I. DUNCAN, Associate Judge 
WILLIAM H. HARLAN, Associate Judge 
ALLAN McLANE, Associate Judge 
URBAN T. LINZEY, Stenographer 

(^lerk of the Court: 

WILLIAM P. COLE 

MARTIN J. O'HARA, Chief Deputy 

State's Attorney: 

GEORGE HARTMAN 

GEORGE G. WHEELER, Deputy 

Sheriff: 

SAMUEL C. MAHLE 

GEORGE W. MARLEY, Chief Deputy 

Judges of the Orphans' Court: 

H. SEYMOUR PIERSOL, Chief Judge 
CHARLES J. KNOX, Associate Judge 
JOHN HOFF, Associate Judge 

Register of Wills: 

WILLIAM J. PEACH 

Supervisors of Elections: ^ 

ROBERT L. CLARKE 
HARRY H. GERMAN 
ABRAM T. STREETT, Clerk 

Roads Engineer: 

WILLIAM G. SUCRO 
SAMUEL A. GREEN, Assistant 

County Surveyor: 

FRED D. DOLLENBERG 

Tax Commissioner: • 

WILLIAM B. COCKEY '! 

Commissioner of Health: ,' 

DR. HARRY M. SLADE 

Marshal of Police: 

JOHN C. COCKEY. Phone — Arl. 12 
CONRAD H. DIEHLMANN, Lieut.-Mar. 
J. WESLEY CREAMER. Lieut.-Detec. 

TreajiurtM" and Collector of Taxes: 

N. BOSLEY MERRYMAN 



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Board of Education: 

SAMUEL M. SHOEMAKER, President 
EDWIN R. STRINGER, Vice-President 
ALBERT A. BLAKENEY 
JOHN ARTHUR 
JOHN H. GROSS 
JAMES P. JORDAN 
ALBERT S. COOK, Supt. 
JOHN T. HERSHNER, Assistant 

County Jail: 

ELIJAH M. PRICE, Wardn 

CLINTON O. BOSLEY, Deputy 

DR. WILLIAM L. SMITH, Physician 

1-he Department: 

JAMES RITTENHOUSE, JR., :\IarshaI 
PHILIP G. PRIESTER, Supt. of Mach. 
JOHN J. FARLEY, Supt. of Fire Alarm 
Co. No. 1 — Towson. Phone — Tow. 126 
" " 2 — Mt. Wash'n. Ph. — Tux. 46 
" " 3 — Arlington. Phone — Arl. 15 
" " 5 — Catonsville. Ph. — Caton. 20 
" " 6 — Mt. Winans. Ph. — Lan. 91-M 
" " 7 — Canton. Phone — Wolfe 149 
8 — Highlandtown, pumper. Ph. 
Wolfe 149 
" " 9 — Gardenville. Ph. — Ham. 21 
" " 10 — Govans. Phone — Tux. 4 8 
" " 11 — Roland Park, pumper. Ph. 

Tuxedo 47 
" " 12 — Roland Park, ladder truck. 

Phone — Tuxedo 4 7 
" " 14 — Highlandtown, steamer. Ph. 
Wolfe 149 

Police Magistrate for Towson: 
JOHN T. HOPKINS 

County Farm Asent: 

J. F. HUDSON 

Keeper of Court House: 

ADAM SCHMIDT 
GEORGE SMITH, Assistant 

Siijierintendent of Almshouse: 

JOHN CHILCOATE 

Press Bureau: 

WALTER A. POOLE. The Sun 
ELTMER R. HAILE, Evening Sun 
JOSEPH B. PERKINS. American-Star 
J. ERNEST KEYWORTH, The News 



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GOVERNOR HARRINGTON 




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,MERSON C. HAR- 
RINGTON during 
the last Legisla- 
ture showed that h e 
meant to preserve, at 
least during his ad- 
ministration the con- 
stitutionol separations 
between the main di- 
visions of the govern- 
ment in spite of t h e 
undignified, nagging 
and goading of news- 
papers with axes to 
grind which attempted 
to drive him into try- 
ing to coerce the Leg- 
islature into doing 
what they wanted 
d o n e. He preserved 
inviolate the highest 
traditions of his office 
by insisting that it was 
the duty of the Legislature to pass laws, of 
the courts to construe them, and of the Gov- 
ernor to execute them. Governor Harrington 
will maintain the fine traditions established 
by former Governors of Maryland. He is a 
man of marked ability, attractive person- 
ality, pleasing and natural manners. He is 
easily aproached and is devoting his entire 
attention to living the State an efl[icient and 
economical administration of its affairs. 



HOWARD BRYANT 



MR. BRY- 
ANT has 
only re- 
cently been 
promo ted ( ? ) 
from law and 
the courts to 
politics and 
the Legisla- 
ture. In doing 
this, however, 
he was without 
the assistance 
of McKee Bar- 
clay's "lady 
friend," Miss 
"Polly Ticks." 
He got there 
on merit alone, 
and was re- 
garded as one 
of the strong 
men of the 
General As- 
sembly of the 
Session of 
1916. 







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CONGRESSMAN J. FRED C. TALBOTT 




J. 



FRED C. TALBOTT. 
known also as "Un- 
cle Fred," Mr. Tal- 
bott, and the "Father of 
the Navy," is one of the 
most widely known Dem- 
ocrats In Maryland. 
Men have come and 
gone in public life in 
Maryland during the 
last forty years, but he 
has pursued unbrokenly 
the even tenor of his 
way as one of the most 
successful men in Mary- 
land politics. During his 
long public career h e 
has been recognized as 
an able and efficient 
public servant, whose 
time has always been at 
the service of his con- 
stituents and his party. 
No man in the State 
knows more of the citi- 
zens personally, nor has 
more personal friends 
In fact, to many, Baltimore 
county would not seem like home without 
Fred Talbott and his white hat somewhere 
in it. 



than has he. 



CARVILLE D. BENSON 



FORMER STATE SEN- 
ATOR CARVILLE D. 
BENSON served Bal- 
timore county for a num- 
ber of years in both the 
lower and the upper 
houses of the General As- 
sembly of Maryland with 
conspicuous ability. He 
is a skilled parliamenta- 
rian, familiar with the 
practice, methods and 
procedure o f t h e Mary- 
land Legislature, and was 
recognized throughout 
the State as one of the 
most resourceful and able 
men in that body during 
his incumbency there. 
During his service in the 
Legislature he advocated 
and assisted in the enact- 
ment of many useful and 
progressive laws. 




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CHIEF JUDGE N. CHARLES BURKE 

HIS HONOR 
JUDGE 
B URKE 
is one of t h e 
best - loved cx,n(l 
respected tig- 
ures i n Balti- 
m o r e county. 
Bigness is his 
principal char 
acteristic. B i g 
brained, big 
hearted, and big 
bodied, he is a 
big lawyer, and 
a big man who 
is known not 
only through- 
out the State, 
but far beyond 
as one of the 
first citizens of 
Maryland. Bal- 
timore county 
is proud of 
Judge Burke. 




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GEORGE HARTMAN 



GEORGE HART- 
MAN, the State's 
Attorney for Bal- 
timore County, is pop- 
ular with all classes 
except criminals. Mr. 
Hartman has made an 
excellent record as the 
prosecuting officer o f 
Baltimore county and 
is now in his second J^'j 
term. The amount of 
criminal business a t 
the T o w s o n bar is 
large and the demands 
upon the public prose- 
cutor in this county 
are varied and exact- 
ing, and that he has 
been so successful is a 
tribute to his ability. 
He is the father of the 
Hartman Liquor Bill 
which, it is hoped, will promote law and or- 
der iu Baltimore county in connection with 
the operation of the liquor business. 




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HUGH J. GALLAGHER 




MR. GALLAGH- 
ER h a s not 
grown gray 
hairs in the service 
of his country, but 
he is undoubtedly 
bald. Whether this 
is due to purely 
natural causes, or is 
a result of trying to 
keep up with his 
work as chief 
clerk in the County 
Commissioners' o f- 
fice, and at the same 
time keep visiting 
taxpayers with hair- 
trigger, razor-edged 
tempers i n a good 
humor is not 
known. But h e 
really does these 
things, and does 
them well. He is a 
competent a n d an 
obliging ofli\ci&L 



H. COURTNAY JENIFER 



He O U R T E- 
NAY JENI- 
• FER, per- 
haps better known 
as "Here" Jenifer, 
is one of the youn- 
ger members of 
the Towson bar. 
He is also secre- 
tary to the County 
Grand Juries, i n 
which position he 
acquires a lot of 
information which 
can be of no possi- 
ble use to him be- 
cause he is forbid- 
den by statute to 
tell anybody what 
he learns there. In 
spite of the strain 
of carrying these 
secrets he is al- 
ways in a good hu- 
mor and is neither 
bald nor gray. Mr. 
Jenifer by his at- 
tention to his du- 
ties is acquiring the reputation of an effic 
and capalile lawyer. 




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JOHN CROWTHER 




THE best type 
of "Coun- 
try Bank" 
Presidents, "safe 
and sane," with 
a clear, accurate 
and wide knowl- 
edge of his coun- 
ty and its people. 
It has always 
been a task of 
some magnitude 
to "put anything 
over" on John 
Crowther. Under 
his management 
the Towson Bank 
has prospered, 
and has been on 
the Honor Roll 
of American 
Banks. A Demo- 
crat in politics, 
he has been a 
Democrat not 
afraid to "speak 
out in meeting," and to criticize where he 
thought it due. His kindness, sincerity and 
force of character have made him many 
friends, and few men in the county are so 
widely known and liked. 



W. CLARENCE CRAUMER 



"F 



AITH FUL- 
NESS and 
efficiency" 
mark the charac- 
ter of the cashier 
of the Towson Na- 
tional Bank. Few 
men have so wide 
and accurate a 
knowledge of Bal- 
timore county peo- 
ple and credits as 
he. 




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CAPT. WILLIAM GRASON 




FEW men enjoy in 
as high a degree 
the confidence o f 
their fellows as Cap- 
tain Grason. Known 
to practically all the 
lawyers in active prac- 
tice in the city and 
county o f Baltimore, 
he maintains well the 
traditions and the hon- 
or that have so long 
distinguished the 
Maryland bar. He has 
been for some years 
auditor of t h e court, 
and is an authority on 
Equity Practice and 
Court Accounting. 



JOHN MAYS LITTLE 



JOHN iMAYS LITTLE, 
another member of 
the Towson bar, has 
also served in the Mary- 
land Legislature, and in 
addition to his law prac- 
tice discharges the du- 
ties as president of the 
Parkton National Bank. 
Mr. Little is an earnest 
and conscientious work- 
er and through his cour- 
tesy and affability has 
made many friends and 
is Avidely known and 
liked throughout the 
county. 




REV. W. H. H. POWERS 




THE REV. DR. WIL- 
LIAM H. H. POW- 
ERS, rector of 
Trinity Protestant Epis- 
copal Church, Towson, 
is known to churchmen 
throughout the State as 
an eloquent and impres- 
sive minister of the gos- 
pel and a true-hearted 
Christian gentleman. 
His kindness, his pleas- 
ing and dignified man- 
ner, and his ready hu- 
man sympathy have en- 
deared him to his pa- 
rishioners, who are de- 
votedly attached to him. 



MAJOR JOHN I. YELLCTT 

MAJOR JOHN I. 
YELLOTT was, 
until his retire- 
ment from active 
practice, one of t h e 
leaders of the Mary- 
land bar. His life 
has been active and 
his career successful. 
For many years he 
has been one of the 
most widely known 
a n d respected citi- 
z e n s of Baltiomre 
county. His interest 
in public affairs, and 
the vigor and energy 
with which he press- 
ed his opinions, made 
him a striking and 
forceful figure in the 
various political and 
economic movements 
in the county. He 
served with distinc- 
tion in the Federal 
Army, in the Civil 
War, and at its close 
began the practice of law in West Virginia, 
afterwards removing to Baltimore county, 
where he soon won a place as one of the 
leading trial lawyers of Maryland. Born in 
Dulany's Valley, a descendant of an old Mary- 
land family, he exemplifies the virtues of the 
old "Maryland stock." Courteous, dignified, 
and manly, he is a fine example of the Mary- 
land gentleman of the "old school." 




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ABRAM T. STREETT 




"A 



BE" STREETT, 
former Marshal 
of Police and 
Sheriff o f Baltimore 
county, is a farmer 
living near Glen Arm. 
Mr. Streett's adminis- 
tration of these offices 
showed that agricul- 
ture does not neces- 
sarily disqualify a man 
from becoming an effi- 
cient conservator o f 
the peace. 



JUDGE FRANK I. DUNCAN 

JUDGE DUNCAN is 
not only a lawyer 
and jurist of dis- 
tinguished ability, but 
he is a man of hobbies 
a^ d fads. He has many 
of them. Perhaps his 
most cherished fad is 
looking after the 
welfare of home- 
less and helpless 
little children, 
and trying to 
brighten little 
lives that know 
little else than 
gloom, and t o 
make them 
cleaner and bet- 
ter and more 
wholesome. But 
he has other 
fads. He is a n 
"Elk" of national renown, and loves to carve 
strange legends and curious designs on canes, 
gavels, and other implements of wood. He 
is also a trout fisherman of cunning and skill, 
and is becoming a motorist. 




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JOHN S. ENSOR 




OHNNY" ENSOR, 
alas is gone, and his 
ringing laugh will 
be heard no more in the 
places his cheery presence 
used to brighten. 
He is gone, but the 
memory of one of 
the county's most 
valued and best- 
loved men will lin- 
ger long. 



COL. DAVID G. Mcintosh 

COL. DAVID G. McIN- 
" TOSH, of the Tow- 
son bar, has won 
high honor and distinc- 
tion both in war and in 
peace. His courage and 
determination won him a 
colonelcy in the Confed- 
erate Army, and the same 
qualities of mind and 
heart carried him to the 
front rank of the Mary- 
land bar. His well-known 
ability as a lawyer, his 
sonorous and moving elo- 
quence, his erect military 
figure and dignified bear- 
ing are known through- 
out and indeed far beyond 
the county. Colonel Mc- 
intosh has found time to 
write several highly inter- 
esting and valuable mon- 
ographs on the military 
tactics and strategy of 
the Civil War. Colonel 
.Mcintosh is one of the Board of Bar Exam- 
ers of the State and is one of the ex-presi- 
dents of the Maryland State Bar Association. 
A man of strong character and strong convic- 
tions, his views at all times have carried 
weight in the discussion of various move- 
ments affecting the public welfare of Balti- 
more county. Although a veteran of the 
Civil War, he preserves apparently undimin- 
ished the vigor and elasticity of mind and 
si)irit which have made him so conspicuous a 
figure in the county. 




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WILLIAM F. COGHLAN 




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^K isla 
*^ ty 



QUIRE," Leg- 
islator, Coun- 
Commis- 
sioner, soldier, busi- 
ness man, lawmak- 
er, politician, "Bill" 
Coghlan, as he is 
sometimes callV>d. 
has had a varied 
but a uniformly suc- 
cessful life. A Dem- 
ocrat in politics, he 
is a "Progressive" 
in policy. He be- 
lieves in good roads, 
good schools and an 
efficient sewerage 
system. He was one 
of the principal in- 
fluences in 'killing" 
the Mt. Washington 
'sewerage deal" a 
few years ago. His 
real interest in our 
county affairs, his 
industry and sound 
sense have made 
him a useful and highly efllcient public offi- 
cial. 



WILLIAM P. BOSLEY 



WILLIAM P. BOS- 
LEY is the rep- 
resentative i n 
the County Commis- 
sioners' office of the 
"Upper End," and is 
expected to know all 
about the interests 
and needs of farmers 
of the northern sec- 
tion of Baltimore 
County. To do this he 
must have a working 
knowledge of road 
building, politics — 
both national, State 
and local — • weather 
conditions, our for- 
eign and domestic re- 
la,tions; churches, 
their organization, 
doctrines and law ; 
farming in all its 
branches, including 
general farming, dai- 
rying, stock raising, 
trucking and chicken 
fancying. Of course. 




must know many 



other things. Notwithstanding these de- 
mands, Mr. Bosley remains an amicable, 
courteous gentleman, who discharges the du- 
ties of his position with entire satisfaction 
to his constituents. 



WILLIAM McCALLISTER 




WILLIAM McCALLIS- 
TER, known some- 
times as the "Mayor 
of Hamilton,," and to his 
familiars as "Mac," is one 
of the "live wires" of the 
county. He is essentially 
a publicist, and while all 
his reforms are not adopt- 
ed, his discussion of them 
is always interesting and 
illuminating. 



DR. CHARLES L. MATTFELDT 



DR. MATT- 
FELDT ac- 
quired in his 
service as County 
Commissioner a 
reputation as a 
maker of epi- 
grams. Perhaps 
his most noted ut- 
terance was when 
he informed a Mt. 
Washington dele- 
gation which was 
'kicking' vigoruso- 
ly against the pur- 
chase of a sewer 
plant in that 
neighborhood that 
"It was necessary 
to be cruel in or- 
der t o b e kind." 
The Doctor is one 
of the best-known 
figures i n Balti- 
more county. 




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occupation is that 
of printer, and he's 
a good one, too. He is 
at the head of the Wil- 
liams &. Wilkins Com- 
pany, 2 419 Greenmount 
avenue, which enjoys an 
enviable record for high- 
class work in Baltimore 
city and its environs. He 
is a stickler for "system" 
and his shops at Waver- 
ly are so well arranged 
that they practically run 
themselves. Every man 
is required to watch the 
clock and keep an accu- 
rate account of the time 
he consumes on each job. 
When the job is com- 
pleted it is an easy mat- 
ter, therefore, to fix a 
reasonable charge. Mr. 
Passano's chief hobbies 
are walking sticks and 
automobiles, although he 
has recently taken an active interest in farm- 
ing and, while he doesn't yet look it, is de- 
veloping into quite a "hayseed." His farm 
is in the Second district. He is also active 
in all matters concerning the civic welfare 
of the county and is one of the leading spirits 
in the Towson Town Club. Towson owes 
him a debt of gratitude for a number of pub- 
lic improvements secured largely through his 
efforts. 



JUSTICE 
JOHN T. HOPKINS 

THAT he was ap- 
pointed by a Re- 
publican G o V- 
ernor and reappoint- 
ed by a Democrat is 
evidence that "Judge" 
Hopkins "m a d e 
good." The position 
of police magistrate 
at Towson is an im- 
portant one, and that 
Mr. Hopkins succeed- 
ed in discharging its 
duties to t h e satis- 
faction of both par- 
ties is a tribute to hi? 
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LEONARD G. QUINLIN 

LEONARD 
G. QUIN- 
LIN lives 
in the Elev- 
entli district 
of Baltimore 
county and 
was fortu- 
nate enough 
to be Sheriff 
just before 
the adoption 
of t h e con- 
st itu tional 
amendment 
which will 
be submitted 
next fall al- 
lowing Sher- 
iffs to suc- 
ceed them- 
selves. Not- 
withstanding 
this, Mr. 
Quinlin ap- 
pears happy 
and content- 
ed and is fol- 
lowing his usual vocations with cheerfulness 
and success. 




COL. HENRY BASH 

NO MAN has 
more knowl- 
edge or in- ^ 

formation about CI r 
Maryland history ^^ 
and men and 
families promi- 
nent in Maryland 
during the last 
generation than 
"Colonel" Bach. 
No man could 
have more be- 
cause no man 
could hold more, 
and it is literally 
amazing that one 
man can hold so 
much. Besides 
gathering general 
information, the 
"Colonel's" hob- 
b y is pinochle, 
and he has the 
great|/3st confi- 
dence in his skill 
at this game. 
"Colonel" Bach is 

a familiar figure in Towson, where he is liked 
and respected as an amiable and courteous 
gentleman. 




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ELMER R. HAILE 




LAWYER, poet, motorist, newspaper writ- 
er and journalist (the two are not the 
same). Mr. Haile's talents are as varied 
as his activities. His ability and industry 
have won him the respect of the people of 
his county as well as his brethren of the bar. 



LOUIS HERGENRATHER 




LOUIS HERGENRATHER, sometimes oth- 
erwise known as "Doc," the well-known 
druggist of Towson, is interested in 
many more things than drugs. He takes a 
keen interest in all public local matters and 
is a public-spirited and useful citizen. He is 
always willing to give his time and services 
to help along the town he lives in. He is a 
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W CARROLL VAN HORN is the g^enial 
and obliging assistant in the office of 
• Wheeler & Cole, Incorporated, insur- 
ance brokers, at Towson. "Vanny," as he is 
Ivnown to his intimates, is a real hustler and 
talks fire insurance to every one he meets. 



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OSBORNE I. YELLOTT 




A LAWYER of widely recognized ability, 
an acknowledged expert on automo- 
bile, municipal and public service law, 
Mr. Yellott has participated in the drafting 
and preparation of much of thfe constructive 
and progressive legislation of this State in 
those branches of the law. His characteris- 
tics are untiring industry, and a genius for 
system and statistics. His hobbies are auto- 
mobiles and photography. 



ALFORD M. WHITTLE 




MR. ALFORD M. WHITTLE is the Tow- 
son expert on fire engines. He not only 
has the unbounded admiration of the 
youthful population, who rush to the win- 
dows and doors to see him whiz by in con- 
trol of the Towson fire engine, but the con- 
fidence of the citizens of the town, who rely 
upon the local fire company to protect their 
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NOAH E. OFFUTT 




FEW figures are bet- 
ter known at the 
county seat than 
Noah E. Offutt, owner 
of the Offutt Building, 
a well known lawyer 
and a sportsman. He 
too was "agin" the 
"sewer deal" and was 
one of the plaintiffs. 
An old St. John's boy, 
he still has the same 
love for athletics he 
had when he made the 
last touchdown that 
that plucky little col- 
lege made against the 
Navy for many years. 
A Democrat in politics, 
he is not "hide-bound" 
and is opposed to dis- 
honesty in politics 
without regard to the 
brand of disinfectant. 



C. GUS GRASON 



CGUS GRASON, 
the well-known 
• lawyer of Tow- 
son, is a son of the late 
John Grason, and be- 
sides inheriting much 
of the personal appear- 
ance and many of the 
physical characteristics 
of his father, he is also 
possessed of much of 
the fighting spirit and 
aggressiveness which 
characterized the elder 
Grason. Mr. Grason is 
an alert and resource- 
ful lawyer, who has 
participated in the 
trial of many of the 
most important crimi- 
nal cases in Baltimore 
county in recent years. 
Clear-headed, capable 
and industrious, he is 
earning for himself an 
enviable reputation as 
one of the successful 
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HENRY P. MANN 




HENRY P. MANN 
was for a num- 
ber of years 
County Commissioner 
and President of the 
Board of County Com- 
missioners of this 
county, and since his 
retirement from politi- 
cal life he has been 
one of t h e successful 
business m e n of the 
Fourteenth district. 
Mr. Mann is widely 
known over Baltimore 
county as a courteous 
and obliging gentle- 
man, who is never hap- 
pier than when serving 
a friend. 



CHARLES J. FOX 

THE f o r- 
mer cour- 
teous and 
eflficient Chief 
Clerk and Au- 
ditor o f t h e 
County C o m- 
missioners' of- 
office, is liked 
wherever he is 
known, and 
that is at least 
everywhere in 
Ba 1 1 i m o r e 
county. He 
m a d e an en- 
viable record 
as Chief Sta- 
tistician of the 
Labor Bureau, 
where his 
sound com- 
mon sense and 
human sympa- 
thy enabled 
him to save 
that depart- 
ment of the State from both its foolish friends 
and its selfish enemies. He has recently been 
appointed to that position. His main hobby 
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DR. JAMES H. JARRETT 

THE dean of the "doctors" of Baltimore 
county, Dr. Jarrett is the best-known 
physician in the county. Notwithstand- 
ing his advanced years he retains well his 
vigor, and takes a fresh, keen Interest in 
things about him. His active and successful 
practice many years ago secured for him 
recognition as one of the foremost physicians 
in the county, a position which he has since 
maintained. 



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LOUIS HENNIGHAUSEN 




MR. HENNIGHAUSEN, who for a num- 
ber of years was one of Baltimore's 
leading lawyers, with a large and lu- 
crative practice, is now living the "simple 
life" at his home in Towson. Although he 
has long since celebrated his "three-score- 
and-tenth" birthday, he is still young in spirit 
and takes a lively interest in the affairs of 
the day. He is particularly well versed in 
history and can give one some interesting 
'pointers" on the Great War, especially from 
the German standpoint. And he is also well 
versed in ancient and current politics. Mr. 
Hennighausen, being of German extraction, 
has for years been one of the guiding spirits 
among the German organizations in the City 
of Baltimore and has held numerous posts of 
honor and trust. He has by his numerous 
activities, extending over a long span of 
years, deserved a period of rest and recrea- 
tion, and it is the hope of The Jeffersonian 
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ALBERT A. BLAKENEY 




MR. BLAKENEY is at present the execu- 
tive head of Thistle Mills, Inc., of II- 
chester, Md. He is a successful business 
man and formerly achieved considerable suc- 
cess in Republican politics, having served one 
term as a County Commissioner and later a 
term in Congress. He has probably given 
"Marse Fred" Talbott more trouble in poli- 
tics than any other Republican in the coun- 
ty, which is really worth mentioning, for the 
veteran Democratic Chieftain has had things 
politicaHy pretty much his own way as far 
back as the memory of any living man run- 
neth. During his term as County Commis- 
sioner Mr. Blakeney made things interesting, 
especially for the Democrats, by his frequent 
tilts with the late John T. Ensor, who at that 
time was also a power in Republican politics. 
As a result of these tilts the G. O. P. was 
split wide open and the wound has not healed 
to this day. Mr. Blakeney was appointed by 
Governor Goldsborough a member of the Bal- 
timore County School Board and the con- 
sensus of opinion is that he has made an ex- 
cellent Commissioner. Mr. Blakeney has ap- 
parently been successful in every line of ac- 
tivity except that of taking unto himself a 
wife. He is a bachelor of long standing and, 
while he is still eligible, his friends ?ire in- 
clined to believe that he will spend the rest 
of his days in tliat state which tlie poets have 
been pleased to call "Single Blessedness." 






DR. FRED MITCHELL 




DR. MITCHELL is one of the best-known 
all-'round "country doctors" in tlie coun- 
ty. He owns a fine estate on the York 
rc/ad about 18 miles out from the city, where 
he dispenses hospitality as well as pills. He 
is also somewhat of a farmer and is keen on 
raising well-bred stock. Dr. Mitchell is a 
public-spirited man and is always one of the 
first to take a position on the "firing line" 
when a movement that concerns the public 
good is set on foot. He was one of the "Ring 
Leaders" in the fight for Good Roads and is 
now in a position to enjoy some of the fruits 
of his labor in this regard, the York road 
hiiving been rebuilt by the State as far north 
as Hereford. Dr. Mitchell is, or has been, 
president of the Hereford Improvement As- 
sociation and he generally makes it his busi- 
ness to see that Hereford is "heard from" 
when matters of public concern are before 
the people. Dr. Mitchell has also taken a 
lively interest in politics but, being a Re- 
publican, has met the fate that most mem- 
bers of his party in the county meet when 
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DR. J. PERCY WADE 




THE care and treatment of poor unfor- 
tunates who have lost their sense of 
reason is the duty of the gentleman pic- 
tured above, Dr. J. Percy Wade, superin- 
tendent of Springfield State Hospital, located 
near Catonsville, Baltimore county. Notwith- 
standing the fact that Dr. Wade is thrown in 
contact constantly with the patents at the 
institution which he heads and where many 
horrible cases of insanity may be seen, he 
maintains a bright and cheerful disposition 
and is one of the most affable gentlemen that 
one might care to meet. Dr. Wade's knowl- 
edge of the disease of which he has made 
a life study has given him a national repu- 
tation, and in consequence he is often called 
upon in criminal cases to give expert testi- 
mony in cases where an offender pleads in- 
sanity. Dr. Wade's chief hobby is the wel- 
fare of the large family of unfortunate be- 
ings that are in his especial charge, and ex- 
cept for an automobile trip now and then, he 
can always be found seated behind a desk 
in the executive offices of this big institution, 
and giving a word of cheer to sorrowing pa- 
rents and relatives whose loved ones are suf- 
fering with a disordered mind. 



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EZRA B. WHITMAN 




THE State Board of Health now has the 
authority to compel the County Commis- 
sioners in any county or the Mayor and 
City Council in any town or city to install 
sanitary sewerage if they think it advisable 
for the good health of a community, and in 
the event that any county, city or town is so 
advised it is very probable that Mr. Whit- 
man will be called upon to draw up plans 
for the system. Mr. Whitman is a consult- 
ing engineer of fame, with offices in the Mun- 
sey Building, Baltimore, and just recently 
he submitted to the County Commissioners 
of Baltimore County plans for sewerage sys- 
tems at Arlington, Govans and Towson. Al- 
though comparatively a young man, Ezra B. 
Whitman has many engineering feats to his 
credit, and is recognized as one of the fore- 
most engineers in the profession. Many in- 
tricate problems pertaining to health, bridge 
building and the erection of manufacturing 
plants have been solved by his active brain. 
He has made a specialty of consultation on 
engineering, and "big" men from all over 
the country call upon him at times for ad- 
vice, which in most all cases is carried out 
to the letter, and proves most satisfactory. 



HERBERT A. WAGNER 



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HERBERT A. WAGNER is the executive 
head of the Consolidated Gas Electric 
Light and Power Company, with main 
offices at the corner of Lexington and Liberty 
streets, and power houses in all sections of 
the city and suburbs. It is Mr. Wagner's 
company that makes Baltimore's great White 
Way at night, as well as supplying the many 
homes with gas and electricity, and Mr. Wag- 
ner personally is striving at all times to make 
Baltimore a bigger and greater city. Mr. 
Wagner succeeded Mr. Ferdinand C. Latrobe 
as president of the Gas Company, the latter 
gentleman being also Mayor of Baltimore city 
for seven consecutive terms. Mr. Wagner is 
a man of rare business ability, and keeps in 
close touch with each and every department 
of the large corporation which he heads. He 
is a member of several clubs, and makes his 
home in Roland Park, the suburb which both 
Baltimore city and Baltimore county point to 
with pride. He appreciates the good roads of 
our county and is often seen passing on some 
of the prominent drives. 



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DR. ROBERT E. LEE HALL 




THIS, Ladies and Gentlemen, is a familiar 
character in legal circles both in Bal- 
timore city and Baltimore county, and 
the artist has pictured well his subject — Dr. 
Robert E. Lee Hall. "Doc," as he is known 
to his intimates, has not always pursued the 
life of a lawyer, which, by the way, has 
many trials and tribulations, but at one time 
was in the drug business, and this is where 
he gets the title of "Doc" and the one which 
has stuck to him ever since like a leech. The 
Doctor of Pharmacy, Law, Diplomacy and 
Good Fellowship is a Democrat from head 
to foot and during the last Presidential cam- 
paign did much effective work for the Wood- 
row Wilson League of Baltimore City, ol 
which he was an enthusiastic member. If 
you have ever met the genial Doctor you 
will doubtless remember the hearty hand- 
shake that was accorded you; it is one right 
from the shoulder, and if one's bones are a 
bit weak they will surely ache, for "Doc" 
lias a shake that is all his own, and by jin- 
goes he makes you realize it, too. . If this 
good old world was made up of such sunny 
dispositions as the one which Dr. Robert E. 
Lee Hall possesses there would be no kick. 
for "Old Man Grump" would be kicked sky- 
high, never to return to earth again. 



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DANIEL WILLARD is president of the 
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, whose main 
offices are in Baltimore, and which was 
the first steam railroad to be operated in the 
world, the first train running from Baltimore 
to Washington over rails made of wood. The 
cartoonist has pictured Mr. Willard m some- 
what of a cramped position, pulling the bell- 
rope on the little engine with the tender at- 
tached labeled "B. & O." This, we admit, 
is a bit exaggerated, for the Baltimore and 
Ohio is one of the greatest railroad systems 
in America, and one of which Baltimore city, 
the State of Maryland and, in fact, the whole 
country is justly proud. Mr. Willard's heart 
and soul is wrapped up in the welfare of the 
B. & O. — -the safety of employees, the com- 
fort of passengers and maintenance of the 
highest efficiency in every branch of the busi- 
ness to which he has devoted his life. 



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ALEXANDER McCORMICK 




HERE is a familiar face to most of our 
readers. Don't you remember seeing this 
figure time and time again during Fair 
Week at Timonium. We feel sure that you 
are all well acquainted with Mr. McCormiclc, 
the veteran president of the Maryland State 
Fair and Agricultural Society, and if there 
are any who do not know him we take great 
pleasure in introducing him to you now. 
"Alec," as he is known to his intimates, is 
not only a familiar character to those who 
altend the Timonium Fair, but to the ma- 
jority of the residents of Baltimore county, 
for he has been a leading figure in agricul- 
tural and floral circles for many years. Mr. 
McCormick resides at Raspeburg, on the farm 
that has been in his family for generations, 
the original grant for the land having been 
made by the early settlers of the State to 
bis forefathers. Although having long since 
passed the three-score-and-ten mark, Mr. Mc- 
Cormick pursues the vocation that he select- 
ed in his youth — that of a florist — his place 
being one of the real show places in the com- 
munity. Notwithstanding his advanced years, 
Mr. McCormick is indeed delightful company 
and if one wishes to hear a really interesting 
story, they should hear him tell the history 
of his home place. It takes one back to the 
days when the first history of Maryland was 
being compiled. May he live long to enjoy 
the wide circle of friends that feel it a priv- 
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DR. EDWARD N. BRUSH 




DR. BRUSH has been physiciaii-in-chief at 
Sheppard-Pratt Hospital, which is lo- 
cated just south of Towson, for more 
than thirty years. The institution is devoted 
solely to the treatment of diseases of the 
mind, and as far as its reputation goes it is 
second to none, and Dr. Brusla is often called 
upon to deliver lectures before noteworthy 
assemblages in all parts of the country. To 
Dr. Brush primarily is due the credit for the 
high standing of Sheppard-Pratt among the 
medical fraternity as well as the layman. To 
one who visits the institution and sees per- 
sonally the interest taken in each individual 
patient and then to realize that his associa- 
tion with these poor unfortunate beings cov- 
ers a period of thirty years, it is to wonder 
that Dr. Brush could possess such a sunny 
disposition. He takes great pride in showing 
visitors over the grounds and through the 
buildings, and we may well say that he need 
not be ashamed of them, for cleanliness is 
the one word that counts at Sheppard-Pratt 
Hospital. Dr. Brush is most cordial in his 
greeting, and on leaving one must admit that 
they have indeed met a gentleman of the 
old Southern type — courteous and affable. 
May he live long to carry on his work of 
helping poor unfortunates and giving words 
o:' encouragement to sorrowing relatives. 



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J. BARRY MAHOOL 







ISN'T this smile familiar to you? Yes, this 
is J. Barry Mahool, one-time Mayor of 
Baltimore city, and a well-known figure 
in the grain business. He is associated with 
P^rame, Knight & Co., merchandise brokers, 
with offices at 121 S. Calvert street. Mr. 
Mahool is an affiable gentleman, of the good 
old Southern type, and when the salutations 
of the day are passed between himself and a 
friend his face lights ud with a cordial smile 
just as you see it depicted by the cartoonn 
in the above sketch. While the business of 
Frame, Knight & Co. commands a great deal 
of "Barry's" attention, he always finds time 
to take a lively interest in politics, and not 
so very long ago he nearly became Mayor of 
Baltimore for another term. Mr. Mahool's 
hobbies are unknown to us, but we do know 
that he has just recently purchased a "buz" 
wagon and can be seen on Sunday afternoons 
motoring with his family over the hills and 
through the dales of beautiful Baltimore 
county. 



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FRANK G. DOTTERWEICH 




ABOVE one of the most prosperous and 
popular contractors of Baltimore county 
has been pictured by the artist. The 
Dian seated on the wagon driving the "nag" 
is none other than Frank G. Dotterweich, 
whose place of business is at No. 247 South 
Fifth street, Highlandtown. Mr. Dotterweicli 
has to his credit the building of many of the 
substantial little homes that adorn the thor- 
oughfares in the eastern section of the coun- 
ty. Unlike most men who have made their 
mark in the world, and who sit back and di- 
rect their affairs from a lavishly furnished 
officer, Mr. Dotterweich is always "on the 
job." He does as much work as any man 
in his employ, and he believes in keeping in 
touch with every job that he undertakes, and 
says he has always borne in mind the truth- 
fulness of the old saying that "that which 
is worth doing at all is worth doing well," 
and to this he attributes in no small measure 
his success. While Mr. Dotterweich's hob- 
bies are unknown to us, we do know that he 
is an ardent Democrat, and takes a deep in- 
terest in all campaigns. He is a citizen of 
whom we are all proud. 



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Frank G. Dotterweich 

General Contractor 

247 S. Fifth St. 

HIGHLANDTOWN, MD. 

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PRANK A. O'CONNELL 




ABOVE the cartoonist has pictured one of 
Baltimore county's pencil pushers and 
space grabbers — Frank A. O'Connell — 
in a characteristic pose, and if it was not for 
the big cigar in Frank's mouth the sketch 
would not be complete. Mr. O'Connell is a 
new-comer into the newspaper field at the 
county seat, nevertheless he is known to the 
fraternity throughout the State, having been 
associated in the past with the Baltimore 
Sun; at one time editor of the Frederick 
Post, and during the Star-Spangled Banner 
celebration in Baltimore two years ago he 
was Director of Publicity of the Centennial 
Commission, where he "banged out" some 
very clever and effective "stuff." O'Connell, 
like the majority of the sons of Erin, is full 
of Irish wit, which he uses at times to good 
advantage. When Frank walks into the of- 
fice, hangs his coat on a peg in the wall, 
draws from his vest pocket a huge cigar and 
seats himself at the typewriter, one may be 
sure that his fertile brain will soon be trans- 
ferred into a real live story, full of vigor and 
"pep," and woe be unto the chap that inter- 
rupts this compiler of news. Quiet and un- 
assuming like all men of real merit, Mr. 
O'Connell has won for himself a host of 
friends throughout Baltimore county. 



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OFFICE DIRECTORY 



PIPER BUILDING 

Attorneys — 

John Mays Little Elmer R. Haile 

C. Gus Grason A. A. Piper 

Ernest C. Hatch Robert H. Bussey 

Frank I. Duncan William S. Keech 

J. Howard Fox Gwynn Nelson 

Officer Children's Aid Society — 

Miss Mary Lucas 
Electrical Contractor — 

Paul R. Wolf 
Auctiojieer — 

J. Milton Dance 

Real Estate — 

C. Bentley Company 

Insurance — 

Piper, Dollenberg & Co. 

Printers — 

Union-News Publishing Company 



SECOND NATIONAL BANK BUILDING 

Attorneys — 

W. Gill Smith Wm. P. Cole, Jr. 

William Grason Elmer J. Cook 

T. Lyde Mason 

Banking Rooms — 

Second National Bank 

Notary Public — 

C. Marley Hipsley 



OFPUTT BUILDING 

Attorneys — 

T. Scott Offutt N. D. R. Allen 

Noah E. Offutt T. Wilbur Meads 

James P. Offutt George Hartman 

James Kelley 
Insurance — 

Wheeler & Cole, Inc. 

Printers — 

Raine Printing and Publishing Co. 

Notary Public — 

James Kelley 

W. Carroll Van Horn 



MASONIC BUILDING 

Attorneys — 

H. Courtenay Jenifer Harry L. Smith 

Edward H. Burke Charles C. Held 

Real Estate — 

George C. Tracey 
Druggists — 

Court Drug Company 

Printers — 

The Jeffersonian Publishing Co., Inc. 



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HIS EMINENCE JAMES CARDINAL GIB- 
BONS is head of the Holy Roman Apos- 
tolic Catholic Church in America, and 
is a most lovable character, not only among 
his own churchmen but among persons of all 
creeds. Although a man well advanced in 
years, having passed the Biblical allotment 
o1" three score and ten, his views on public 
questions are broad and have great weight 
with the public in general. While the Car- 
dinal makes his home in Baltimore city, ad- 
joining the Cathedral on the corner of Ca- 
thedral and Mulberry streets, he is well and 
favorably known to many Baltimore county 
people, having often preached in many of the 
Catholic churches of our community. Either 
in his priestly robe or in street costume. Car- 
dinal Gibbons is a picturesque figure, and 
may be seen any afternoon taking his daily 
walk out Charles street accompanied by one 
of his associates at the Cathedral. 



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MR. WHEELER has no use for fires — 
except, of course, those kindled in the 
stove or furnace to cook with or keep 
warm by — and for that reason conducts a 
fire insurance business under the firm name 
of Wheeler & Cole, Inc., in the Offutt Build- 
ing", at Towson. His ambition is to persuade 
every property owner in the county to take 
out (with him, of course,) a policy of insur- 
ance so as to be protected against loss from 
fires. But Mr. Wheeler is not interested 
alone in insurance against fires. He's a great 
volunteer fire-fighter and has done perhaps 
more than any other man in the county to 
build up efficient volunteer fire companies in 
the thickly settled portions of the county. He 
is also deeply interested in the matter of pub- 
lic improvements and for many years given 
freely and ungrudgingly of his time, thought 
and energy in battling for measures and 
tilings calculated to make Baltimore county 
a more desirable place for the abode of civil- 
ized man and woman. He was particularly 
active in the recent fight for good roads and 
better schools. Mr. Wheeler's hobbies are 
few, but he likes a good cigar, is fond of 
motoring, and loves to steal away for a week 
or two every summer and "buck the break- 
ers" at the seashore. Last summer, however, 
he let one of the breakers "buck" him, and 
came back home with a badly sprained limb. 
Better luck to him hereafter. 



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NEWTON D. R. ALLEN 




SENATOR ALLEN, as most everybody 
knows, was elected last fall to represent 
Baltimore county at Annapolis. He has 
a desk in the Upper Story of the Legislative 
Mill — the equivalent of a seat in the House 
of Lords, if lie were an Englishman — and 
those who followed his work at Annapolis 
Ihe past spring say that he managed to grind 
out some good "grist." Just at this time 
Senator Allen is leading the dry forces in the 
county and the chances are that, unless the 
good Lord sends an awful drought this sum- 
mer, he will have all the "Brewers' Big 
Horses" hitched to Water Wagons after the 
next election. While the Hand of Fate played 
some part in elevating him to the Senate, 
Senator Allen is a self-made man and has 
deserved success by reason of the conscien- 
tious manner in which he has discharged 
every duty, both public and private, that has 
fallen his lot to perform. Although he lives 
on the "Road to Joppa," in West Towson, 
Senator Allen is not a back-number by any 
means. He has for years taken an active 
interest in civic affairs and has been largely 
instrumental in securing a number of public 
improvements for Towson and the county at 
large. About the harshest thing we can say 
about him is that he is a Republican — but, 
oh well, all of us have SOME faults. 



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WILLIAM H. LAWRENCE 




"B 



ILLY" LAWRENCE, and "Pat," his 
"Man Friday," are two widely known 
figures in Baltimore county. That 
the two are associates is a tribute to Mr. 
Lawrence's kindness of heart and ready sym- 
pathy. "Pat" is a harmless imbecile whose 
welfare Mr. Lawrence has made his especial 
charge, and in return for his kindness and 
sympathy he has the affectionate loyalty and 
devotion of "Pat.." Mr. Lawrence is a law- 
yer of distinction and ability and practices ex- 
tensively in Baltimore county and city. 

"Billy's" hobby is his automobile and his 
chicken farm, which is located in Harford 
county, and where he spends his idle hours, 
which we must admit are few. Nothing 
pleases him more than to talk on the "fowl" 
line and tell how many eggs he receives from 
his hens each day, and when it comes to an- 
cestors and pedigrees "Billy" has it down to 
a fine art. He is an ardent fisherman, but 
has never made any record "hauls." "The 
best I can catch," said Mr. Lawrence to a 
friend one day, "is a darn bad cold." 



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COMPLIMENTS 

WM. H. LAWRENCE 

ATTORNEY AT LAW 

810-812 LAW BUILDING 

BALTIMORE, MD. 



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ALBERT S. COOK 




PROFESSOR COOK, as everybody knows, 
is Superintendent of the Baltimore Coun- 
ty Schools, and to say that he has made 
good is only stating a palpable fact in a very 
mild form. Not only has he made good in 
Baltimore county but his success has been 
such as to gain him "honorable mention" in 
educational circles throughout the country. 
Educators from other States have repeatedly 
come here to get a line on his "curves." Pro- 
fessor Cook is a very energetic fellow. He 
is constantly on the alert, and while his offi- 
cial duties keep him pretty much on the go 
he nevertheless finds time somehow to study 
and keep abreast with the advanced educa- 
tional thought of the nation. In order to be 
a successful Superintendent of Schools in 
Baltimore County one must necessarily be a 
good diplomat, and that Professor Cook pos- 
sesses this latter quality to the Queen's taste 
can easily be demonstrated by the fact that 
about 99 per cent, of the schoolmarms in the 
county think he's "just grand," "perfectlv 
lovely," "so considerate," and so forth and 
so on ad infinitum. Professor Cook's chief 
hobby is to get back to Princeton every fall 
and root for the home team when the big 
foot-ball game is pulled off. And, believe us. 
he can yell like an Indian when he gets 
warmed up! No one need have any concern 
for the welfare of Baltimore County Schools 
as long as Professor Cook is at the helm. 
He's the right man in the right place. 



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WILLIAM H. GAHAN 



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Auctioneers 

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IS THE EATING THEREOF." 



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THAN TO WISH YOU HAD. 



LOGIE BONNETT 




THIS, Ladies and Gentlemen, is the "vil- 
lain" who made all these cartoons and, 
workins in cahoots with the shop fore- 
man, we decided to write this sketch and 
smuggle him in with the rest of his victims. 
It's not often, you know, that a cartoonist 
has to swallow a dose of his own medicine! 
Our friend, as the reader will observe, pre- 
sents himself in two aspects — on the right, 
as he is today, and, on the left, as he w 11 
bo at the end of the century. We will deal 
with him as he is today, however, and let 
future historians cover what comes hereafter. 
■Mr. Bonnett came to Towson about two years 
ago and accepted the postion of Editor and 
IManager of The Jeffersonian. He has held 
down that job ever since, with all the trials 
and tribulations incident thereto, and has 
made good. This every reader of The Jeffer- 
sonian well knows. But they probably don't 
know that he was arrested and locked up at 
the Central Police Station some time agj, 
"Flivver" and all. Oh, no, he didn't publish 
that! Well, he was. And what do you think 
he was charged with? Blowing his horn! 
When they found out that he was an Editor, 
however, the Captain let him go. "Common 
failing," he observed. (See Docket No. 16. 
folio 156, C. P. S.) We would like to tell 
more, but space forbids. To make a long 
story short, "Bonnie" is a pretty good sort 
of fellow every way you take him. And as 
an artist, he's doing fine work and improving 
all the while. 



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WILLIAM C. KENNEY 




MR. KENNEY is the "live wire" Cashier 
of the Baltimore County Bank. Al- 
though this bank is the youngest in 
Towson, it occupies an old established stand 
— and a very substantial one, too — on the 
York road right in the heart ot the county 
seat. Mr. Kenney has a sood "nose for 
money" and during the five or six years he 
has been in charge of this bank has rounded 
up a large and happj' family of depositors. 
The business of the bank is slowly but 
steadily growing and it has come ta be a 
very substantial and useful institution. 
"Billy" Kenney, as he is more familiarly 
known around town, is a very affable and 
likeable fellow, and a good mixer. He makes 
himself "perfectly at home"' whether behind 
the banking counter or out on the street. 
Bis hobby is tennis, and he has been about 
as successful with his racket as in rounding 
up depositors. And "Billy" is some warbler, 
too, believe us. He sings in a number of 
choirs and is invariably called on for solos 
V hen anything worth while is pulled off in 
and around Towson. 

Q. What's the matter with Billy? 

A. He's all right! — every way you take 
him. 



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ORANGEVILLE, MD. 

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DAVID G. Mcintosh, jr. 



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MR. IMcINTOSH is not an opera singer, 
as one might imagine from this car- 
toon, but is a Lawyer and Legislator 
of no mean ability. He has for two consecu- 
tive terms looked after the interests of hs 
home county in the Lower House of the Gen- 
eral Assembly and has made a record of 
which he and his offspring may feel justlv 
proud. Was even "among those mentioned" 
for Speaker at the last session. Mr. Mcin- 
tosh is associated in the practice of law with 
Hon. .Tames F. Thrift, now Comptroller of 
Baltimore City, and the firm is doing a large 
and lucrative business. "Davy's" great de- 
light is to mount one of his steeds and go on 
a cross-country fox chase. He is right at 
home in the saddle and can take a high jump 
at any time and land safe. He and his ac- 
complished wife frequently go out with the 
hunt clubs. Mr. Mcintosh is one of Balti- 
more county's leading men and can be d'^-r 
pended on to come to the front at any time 
in any movement having for its object the 
advancement of the general welfare of the 
county. 



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Kesideiice Phone, Towsoti 31 l-R 



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Jurisdiction, 
Civil and Criminal 

Coextensive Throughout 
Baltimore County 



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JOHN T. HERSHNER 



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I A'INT GOINER 
STUD/ NO 
How -SEE ! 





JOHN T. HERSHNER, the assistant school 
examiner of Baltimore county, is a very 
well - known and exceedingly important 
personage with the youthful population of 
the county. "What Mr. Hershner says," is a 
more important and authoritative dictum in 
their eyes than the views of any other po- 
tentiate whatsoever. Mr. Hershner has earn- 
ed the reputation for himself as an indus- 
trious, capable school official, and has the re- 
spect and confidence of those interested in 
school matters throughout the county. 

When Mr. Hershner's "flivver" is seen in 
the Highlandtown section the kids scamper 
in all directions, especially if it be when 
school is in session, for they well know that 
his object is to see that all those who play 
"hooky" learn their A B C's and attend 
school regularly. In attending the duties of 
his office Mr. Hershner is compelled to use 
a great deal of diplomacy, and in but few 
cases has he made an enemy of the parent 
who seemed indifferent as to their child's 
future. He at all times tries to show con- 
cisely the wrong that the parent is doin.^; 
to their offspring in not sending them to 
school, the result being a better attendance 
record on the part of the youngsters. 



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TOWSON, MD. 

OFFICERS: 

THOMAS W. OFFUTT, PRESIDENT 
ELMER J. COOK. Vice-President 
HARRISON RIDER. Vice-President 
THOS. J. MEADS. Cashier 
JOS. B. GALLOWAY. AssT. Cashier 

DIRECTORS: 



Thomas W. Offutt 
Elmer J. Cook 
Harrison Rider 
John I. Yellott 
Wm. A. Lee 
Chas. H. Knox 



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Noah E. Offutt 
A. D. Steebins 
Allan McLane 
Francis X. Hooper 
George Hartman 



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1 ERNEST C. HATCH I 




MR. HATCH, who is a "rising" young 
member of the Towson bar, resides on 
Seminary avenue, Lutherville, opposite 
the home of his distinguished father-in-law. 
Judge Frank I. Duncan. He plys between 
heme and office in his Ford, which he finds 
af-fords better transportation than the Jerk- 
water Electric Line. This Ford, as the read- 
er will observe, is one of the earlier models, 
but that number "23" on the dash is no 
doubt a mere piece of deviltry on the part 
of our cartoonist. Mr. Hatch, in additon to 
his law practice, takes an active interest in 
financial affairs and is a director of the Tow- 
son National and Baltimore County Banks. 
He is also the local representative of a lead- 
ing bonding company. His chief hobby is 
raising chickens and he has a Methodist 
preacher's fondness for fried-spring-chicken. 
He is also fond of tennis. It mignt also be 
mentioned, in passing, that JMr. Hatch is the 
twin brother of Alfred C. Hatch, and while 
each no doubt thinks he is better looking 
than the other, they both look enough alike 
to get terribly mixed up at times. While this 
is sometimes embarrassing, it is also very in- 
teresting — especially when out among ladies. 
Mr. Hatch, besides his activities "hereinbe- 
fore enumerated," as the lawyer would say, 
takes an active interest in church work and 
is also one of the leading spirits in the Lu- 
therville Improvement Association. 

Upon the whole, a pretty useful citizen. 
Mav his tribe increase! 



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J. ERNEST KEYWORTH. 




THIS, Ladies and Gentlemen, is just one 
side of the manj^-sided individual who 
may be seen around tlie Court House 
niost any day, with pencil and pad in hand, 
picking up items of Interest for the Balti- 
more Evening News — the Hon. J. Ernest 
Keyworth alias "Scoops," a favorite with the 
ladies and the friend of everybody. "Scoops" 
is about the livest thing in the way of a news- 
paper reporter that has ever appeared at 
Towson. What he doesn't know about what's 
going on isn't really worth knowing. If he 
cl-ances to meet you fifty different times in 
the one day his first invariable greeting is: 
"What do you know?" He puts this query 
in such a lady-like way that you just can't 
help confiding in him all you do know. The 
result is that "Scoops" has come to be a ver- 
itable "walking encyclopaedia" of local his- 
tory. He can not only tell you when a cer- 
tain couple secured a license to marry but 
can also tell the day and hour of the arrival 
01 their first born — he's got statistics stored 
under his hat that the Health Officer never 
dreamed of. But "Scoops" is all right — 
whether you catch him comin' or goin' — and 
don't forget that! He has many of the finer 
liuman qualities in his make-up and the Edi- 
tor of the News made no mistake in assign- 
ing him to "cover" the county seat. 



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JOHN S. BIDDISON 




THE above is intended to depict tlie con- 
tour of the physical properties of the 
Honorable John S. Bidison, former State 
Senator, former Counsel to the County Com- 
missioners, former County Boss, etc. Sena- 
tor Biddison — more affectionately known 
among his friends and associates as just 
plain .John — has recently been elevated to 
the Presidency of the Overlea Bank, an in- 
stitution which bids fair to become one of 
the solidest and most prosperous of its kind 
in the State. Between holding down his job 
as Bank President and looking after his large 
and lucrative law practice Senator Biddison 
is kept pretty busy, but he is never too busy 
to play politics when he gets out among the 
"B'hoys." He's fond of the game, and once 
having had his hand in — as is the case with 
many others whom we might mention — finds 
it hard to let go. Senator Biddison is not 
only a big man physically, but he has a big 
heart, and on that account has a wide circle 
of warm personal friends throughout the 
county and State. Although a Democrat to 
the core, he has nevertheless followed the 
teachings of T. R. to a noteworthy extent. 
That is to say, he has a large and interesting 
family in his home over in that garden spot 
of Baltimore county called Gardenville. 



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OFFICERS: 

JOHN S. BIDDISON 
President 

JOHN L. SIPPEL 

VICE-PRESIDENT 

WM. J. SEWARD 
Cashier 



DIRECTORS: 

JOHN S. BIDDISON J. WESLEY GATCH 

JOSEPH PLUMER A. L. WILKINSON 

CHAS. H. SEWARD JOHN L. SIPPEL 

= JOHN B. GONTRUM 



JAMES P. REESE 




AVYBODY could tell that ("aptain Reese 
is a veteran fire-fighter just to look at 
this cartoon. The remarkable thing 
about him Is that he has gone through so 
many tires and yet has retained "unsinged" 
his luxuriant growth of whiskers. Captain 
"Jimmie" is at the head of the Lutherville 
Volunteers and he is always the first man on 
the job when an alarm comes in, no matter 
at what time it comes in or the condition of 
the weather on the outside. And he knows 
how to fiyht the flames. As an insuranca 
man, he knows what a fire means, and he is 
constantly putting forth his best efforts, 
without pay, to build up a competent vol- 
unteer fire-fighting force throughout the 
county. If every community in Baltimore 
county only had a Captain Reese to keep tab 
on the fire-bugs there would really be littl? 
excuse for anyone carrying insurance. Cap- 
tain Reese is a useful citizen any way you 
take him. :\Iay his tribe increase! 



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This is the Hon. Charles B. Bosley — for- 
mer Member of the Legislature, Lawyer, No- 
tary Public and Whatnot — who was born 
"well nigh on to 30 years ago" in an old 
brick homestead between two giant hills in 
the Upper End of the Fourth Election Dis- 
trict of Baltimore County, where he is still 
better known as just plain "Charley." Said 
hills, however, did not in the slightest affect 
his rapid advancement into the realms of 
Law and Politics. "Charley" is a son of 
County Commissioner William P. Bosley and 
at this writing has his "shlnsie" hanging out 
at No. 16 East Lexington street, Baltimore 
city, although he practices quite as much in 
the county as, in the city. Among his clients 
in the county is the White Hall Bank, and 
as a result of this the "Rubes" in the "Upper 
End" take particular pains to honor their 
commercial paper at maturity, for they know 
that when "Charles" takes up a legal case he 
doesn't permit any grass to grow under his 
feet. "Charley," being affable and of good 
address, has had no little success in politics. 
One of his recent triumphs was Ihe part he 
played in killing the iniquitous Annexation 
Bill. In order to do this he didn't hesitate 
to waltz around with Miss Poly Ticks, for 
he is still a single man and therefore im- 
mune from scandal. 



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OWINGS MILLS, MD. 



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COL. JACOB W. HOOK 





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THIS, dear readers, is a sketch of Col. Ja- 
cobus Hook, President, of the Old Town 
National Bank, former City Collector, 
and connoisseur of cigars. One of Colonel 
Hook's chief delights is to gather around the 
banquet board with his friends, tell good 
stories, smoke good cigars and have a con- 
vivial time in general. During his regime as 
City Collector he achieved quite a record in 
this respect. Colonel Hook is all right, every 
way you take him, and we shouldn't be a bit 
surprised some bright morning to pick up a 
paper and find that he had been chosen 
Mayor of his native city. Long may he live! 
And may his humidor never become like unto 
Mother Hubbard's cupboard when she went 
there to get her poor dog a bone! Colonel 
Hook is well known in Baltimore and Har- 
ford counties, especially to the farmers who 
make their way weekly to the Belair Market 
to dispose of their goods, many of them being 
depositors in the Old Town National Bank, 
".lake," as the Colonel is known to his in- 
timates, is a gentleman of the "old school" — 
affable, courteous and accommodating. One 
of his chief hobbies is the active part which 
he takes in the East Baltimore Merchants and 
Manufacturers' Association of which he has 
long been president. "Jake" will be found 
on the "firing line" in any movement for the 
betterment of Baltimore citv, and especially 
Cld Town. 



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Gay and Exeter Streets 

IJaltiniore, Md. 

United States. State and City 
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OFFICERS: 

Jacob \V. Hook, President 

Aaron Heneseli, \'ice-f*resident 

Henry O. I\*edue, 

\'iee-F*resident and Cashier 

l\ >\. Miller, Assistant Cashier 



DIRECTORS: 
Jacob \V. Hook Aaron l^enesch 

Henry A. Hrehm Robt. Fusselbany.h 
Walter vSnyder (leorge Schillino- 

Eonis li. Hartell James Kin^ 
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FREDERICK D. DOLLENBERG 




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MR. DOLLENBERG is the County Sur- 
veyor — has been for several years and 
will be for some years to come, if he 
wants to be — and is a very useful citizen 
generally. His home is in Towson, but his 
duties as Surveyor require him to go all over 
the county, and wherever he goes he makes 
friends by reason of his courtesy and con- 
scientious devotion to duty. The result is 
that "Fred," as he is more familiarly known 
among friends and associates, is rarely ever 
opposed by even a Republican when Election 
r)ay rolls around — and a Republican, as we 
all know, is as a rule awfully hard to please. 
Mr. Dollenberg has recently "branched out" 
into the insurance business and with old 
friends. A. A. Piper and Gus R. Brown, con- 
ducts the Towson Insurance Agency, Inc., a 
thriving youngster in the insurance field. 
"Fred" applies himself pretty closely to busi- 
ness but, like all good citizens, has a few hob- 
bies to which he devotes part of his time. 
One is that of Sunday-school superintendent, 
and he is just as much of a boy as the rest 
of 'em when the regular annual outing-day of 
the Towson M. E. S. S. rolls around. He is 
also fond of good cigars and likes to "flivver" 
around in his Ford. For the past three or 
four summers he has "flivvered" to Atlantic 
City for a few days with a party of friends 
(always of the masculine gender! ) and he's 
a real broncho when it comes to "bucking" 
a "breaker." 



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F. D. DOLLENBERG 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer 

COUNTY SURVEYOR 

for Baltimore County 



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Auctioneers 



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218 W. FRANKLIN ST., 

BALTIMORE, MD. 



EDWARD H. BURKE 



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.Mr. Burke is one of the truly "rising" 
>()ung members of the Towson bar and if 
his health is spared he will no doubt in time 
become quite as distinguished as his distin- 
guished father. "Ned" is a deep student and 
takes his work seriously. Indeed, he some- 
times gives one the impression of taking 
things too seriously, yet in his moments of 
relaxation he is lively enough and can yell 
like an Indian at a bar association banquet. 
Mr. Burke is one of the counsel to the Coun- 
ty Commissioners of Baltimore County and 
his sound advice has kept the county out of 
many a legal muddle. He is not much bent 
on giving "curbstone" opinions and usually 
studies a case thoroughly from every an.i;le 
])efore i-eaching a conclusion. Mr. Burke has 
his offices in the Masonic Temple Building, 
and is closely associated in practice with H. 
Courtenay Jenifer. He and "Here" are as 
far apart as the poles in many personal char- 
acteristics, yet pulling together they make a 
formidable legal team. Mr. Burke is an 
earnest speaker and always makes a good 
impression, whether before the Judge or 
jury. "Ned's" chief hobby, so far as is known 
among his fellow-members of the bar, is his 
automobile. He started out a few years ago 
with a Ford "flivver" and succeeded in hav- 
ing his name registered at two or three police 
stations for proficiency as a fast driver. Since 
having taken a wife, however, he drives an 
Empire — and more slowly. 



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ARTHUR P. SHANKLIN. 




MR. SHANKLIN is a member of the Tow- 
son bar, has offices in the Piper Build- 
ing, and enjoys a lucrative practice, 
especially in the line of real estate transac- 
tions. Although he doesn't often appear in 
court, he can be depended upon to give sound 
advice upon any legal proposition submitted 
to him, and as he makes it a rule to deal 
"fair and square" with everybody he insists 
upon his clients doing likewise. Rarely, 
therefore, do his clients get entangled in ex- 
pensive litigation. Mr. Shanklin has also 
been active in politics and for a number of 
years was counsel to the Board of Election 
Supervisors. His voice has frequently been 
heard on the hustings in the county, and 
during the Cleaveland and Wilson campaigns 
he traveled in other States and achieved quite 
a reputation as a political orator. He has 
been active in fraternal work and just at this 
time is the High Mogul of the Towson Lodge 
of Elks, the strongest fraternal unit in the 
county. He took an active part in the recent 
Elks' Convention at Baltimore and helped in 
many ways to make his visiting brethren from 
other States comfortable and happy while 
here. Mr. Shanklin in his younger days also 
achieved quite a reputation as a tournament 
orator, and used to say all kinds of nice 
things about the ladies in his coronation ad- 
dresses — and still does, at every opportunity. 



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Seymour Mandelbauni, \'ice-Fres. 
John T. Daily, Secretary 
Edwin Warfield, Treasurer 
Wni. A. Oettinoer, Asst. Treas. 



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HOWARD WHITTLE 




MR. WHITTLE has achieved considerabh^ 
tame in Baltimore county as a volun- 
teer fire fighter and, like all volunteer 
fire fighters, is a mighty good fellow. He is 
the bellwether of the little Volunteer Fire 
Company at Glyndon, where he makes his 
home, and he has also served a term as presi- 
dent of all the volunteer companies in the 
county. Mr. Whittle is entitled to the thanks 
and good will of the people of the county 
as a whole for his activities in building up 
an efficient fire fighting service. He is also 
deeply interested in other civic matters and 
follows closely the proceedings of the Con- 
federated Improvement Associations. When- 
ever an alarm of fire comes in at the Glyndon 
headquarters Mr. Whittle is the first on the 
job, and the thundering of the big fire engine 
over the county roads and the clanging of 
the bell can be heard ringing through the 
hills and dales of that rolling country. Mr. 
Whittle is a good citizen, most every way you 
take him. "His "hobbies" are, in the main, 
matters of public concern. 



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GEORGE C. TRACEY 




MR. TRACEY'S principal line of activity 
is Real Estate — and he has been emi- 
nently successful — but when his biog- 
raphy comes to be written it will be found 
tliat the better part of his life has been spent 
in promoting fraternity and brotherhood 
among his fellow-men. He takes an active 
interest in a number of fraternal orders and 
is a great organizer. His activities along this 
line carry him all over the State and he is 
more frequently addressed as "Brother" 
Tracey than as plain Mister. Mr. Tracey 
was also formerly prominent in the hotel 
business, having first conducted the Towson 
Hotel and later The Smedley House. He has 
also been active in politics and has on two or 
three occasions sought the Democratic nomi- 
nation for Sheriff. As luck would have it, 
however, his party's organization each time 
got behind his opponent and he has not yet 
been able to realize his political ambition. 
He nevertheless has a large personal follow- 
ing and may eventually have to be "reckone'^i 
with" as a political factor. If you want to 
know the value of a certain piece of county 
real estate — put it up to Brother Tracey. He 
can come about as near telling you its real 
value as anv other man in the county. 



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DR. A. C. M( CURDY 





DR. IMcCURDY is the pioneer dentist of 
Towson — and he is a pioneer in other 
directions as well. For instance, as a 
Game Warden. Although a mighty good 
one, he may soon be forgotten as a dentist, 
l)ut as a Game Warden his name will be 
handed down to posterity, yea, even unto 
the end of Time. While his interest in den- 
tistry is passive, his interest in game is a 
passion. He is fond of the great Out-of- 
Doors and if he had his way about it we 
would, like in the Indians, have enough game 
and fish about us at all times to live like 
princes and not be pestered to death with 
butchers' bills and the like. The only "game" 
which the Doctor has not been able to mas- 
ter to his satisfaction is that of politics. 
Some years ago he got the Legislature to pass 
a law requiring the County Commissioners 
to appoint as Game Warden he who might be 
recommended by the Game and Fish Asso- 
ciation of Baltimore County, and then he got 
the Game and Fish Association to recom- 
mend him — a nice little "game" — but, lo and 
behold! the critter turned out to be like unto 
a "greased pig" and poor "Old Doc" hasn't 
yet been able to "bring home the bacon." 
He's still got his weather-eye on the critter, 
however, and he may capture it yet. Here's 
hoping that he will. Besides his other ac- 
tivities Dr. McCurdy takes an active inter- 
est in the affairs of the Maryland State Fair 
and Agricultural Society and helps to make 
things lively at Timonium every year, espe- 
cially under the "little tent on the hill." 



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E. CLINTON TRACEY 




JUDGE TRACEY, who for a number of 
years graced the bench of the Orphans' 
Court, resides at Arcadia, that garden spot 
Oi the Fifth district, and now devotes most 
o! his time to the peaceful pursuits of ag- 
riculture. Judge Tracey's record in the Or- 
phans' Court was eminently satisfactory. He 
was courteous, level-headed, just and fair, 
and made a favorable impression upon law- 
yers and litigants alike. While .Judge Tra- 
cey's picture is a good one, the artist made 
a grave mistake in hitching that horse to the 
post in his front yard. "His Honor" doesn't 
travel that way. Long before he left the 
bench he provided himself with one of Henry 
Ford's buzz - wagons, otherwise known as 
"flivvers," and he hasn't ridden behind a 
horse for so long that he probably wouldn't 
know the difference between "gee" and 
"haw." Judge Tracey was stung by the Coun- 
ty Commissioner bee some time last summer, 
and came pretty near running away with the 
nomination, but his friends in the lower part 
of the county thought perhaps it would be 
better for him to lead the simple life a while 
longer. They couldn't quite understand why 
anyone living in a place like Arcadia would 
v/ant to enter the bedlam of politics. 

P. S. — Judge Tracey is a Democrat, how- 
ever, and like all good Democrats, is ready 
and willing to come to the front at any time 
his party calls him. 



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WILMER BLACK 




WILJMKR BLACK is a certified public ac- 
countant with offices and a staff of ef- 
ficient clerks in the Garrett Building, 
Baltimore, and among his clients are some 
of the largest institutions in the State. He 
has done a great deal of auditing work for 
the Baltimore county officials, and needless 
to say that his work has proven satisfactory, 
for time and again he has been called upon 
to compile their statements and reports. Al- 
though with business headquarters in Balti- 
more city, Mr. Black is a resident of Balti- 
more county, living in that peaceful village 
Oi l\It. Washington, where he takes an active 
part in all that pertains to the civic better- 
ment of that place. Among his hobbies are 
"loud" shirts. Walking down the street with 
a frontispiece that resembles a Mexican or a 
Spanish flag is nothing new to Brother Black. 
On one occasion when he was all dressed up 
in one of these and "had no place to go," a 
client dropped into his office, and said: "Mr. 
Black, I'm moving today to the top floor of 
tlie Fidelity Building; how about giving me 
that shirt you have on so that I can make an 
awning?" So it is, the "louder" they come 
the better he likes them." 



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BALTIMORE, MD. 



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ASA B. GARDINER, JR. 







YOU'VE treated your best girl to Gardi- 
ner's ice - cream many a time, haven't 
you? And it always made a good im- 
pression upon you as well as the girl, didn't 
it? Of course! But did you ever stop to 
inquire why the cream is called Gardiner's? 
Ir you don't already know, the answer may 
be found in the accompanying picture, and 
it's not a puzzle-picture either. The Brains 
and Energy behind the firm that makes 
Gardiner's ice-cream reside in the person of 
Mr. Asa B. Gardiner, Jr., who makes his 
home near Cockeysville and is one of the 
county's most progressive and useful citizens. 
But Mr. Gardiner's activities have not been 
confined to dairy products alone. He has 
t.aken an active interest in civic affairs and 
has probably done more than any other man 
in the county to promote the cause of good 
roads. When the Good Roads Loan was be- 
fore the people a few years ago he stumped 
the county and made a number of effective 
speeches in favor of it. After the loan was 
passed the Legislature, recognizing his emi- 
nent fitness for the position, named him as 
a member of the Good Roads Commission. 



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The Only Safe Way 

"Ten years ago, Pasteurized ]\Iilk was 
a fad. Five j'ears ago it was a live (|ues- 
tion. witli as many antagonists as sup- 
j)orters. Today — it is the approved milk. 

"When Nathan Strauss established his 
milk stations in New York City and be- 
gan feeding the poor babies Pasteurized 
Milk, he was trying to help humanity. 
lie found that babies fed Pasteurized 
jMilk didn't die, but that babies fed raw 
juilk did die. 

"Milk is the perfect food. Pasteur- 
ized Milk is not only the perfect food, 
but it is the Safe Food." 

HARRY EVERETT BARNARD, M. D. 

state Food and Drug Conimissioiier, 

Indiana. 

CITY DAIKY MIIJv is Scientific- 
ally Pasteui'ized according; to meth- 
ods approved by the United States 
Department of Agriculture. It is, 
thei-efore, a most wholesome food 
for grown-ups as well as babies. 

Send a postal or telephone and 
we'll have one of our wagons stop 
at your home. Prompt and courte- 
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T. SCOTT OFFUTT 



THIS cartoon of Mr. 
Oftutt is a char- 
acteristic pose; lie 
is the gentleman that 
drove the last nail in 
the coffin of the Mt. 

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...//// Al. ^^^'. v-'Y with the original when 
waiting upon P. Flani- 
gan in answer to a 
cross - question to ex- 
plain how sewage 
could run up hill. 
Every juror who has 
sat in the jury box in 
the big Circuit Court 
room at Towson f o r 
the past decade will at 
once recognize it. Mr. 
Olfutt stands among 
the leaders of the 
:\Iaryland bar and en- 
joys a large and lucra- 
tive practice. He is 
almost invariably on 
one side or the other 
of most every import- 
ant case tried at the 
county seat and fre- 
quently appears before 
the Court of Appeals 
at Annapolis. His 
cases are thoroughly 
prepared ; he is ag- 
gressive and resource- 
ful at the trial table and generally succeeds 
in getting a verdict favorable to his client. 
Notwithstanding his large practice, he usual- 
ly takes a position on the "firing line" in 
every important political contest in the coun- 
ty and is an effective "stump" speaker. He 
is at present one of the counsel to the Board 
of County Commissioners. Among Mr. Of- 
fiitt's hobbies might be mentioned tennis, 
squash, walking, hunting and, last but not 
least, automobiling. 




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WILLIAM P. COLE, JR. 




"B 



ILLY" COLE, as he is pretty gener- 
ally known around town, is a thrifty 
and successful young member of the 
Towson bar. He maintains an office in the 
Second National Bank Building "next door" 
to Mr. Elmer J. Cook, with whom he is to 
some extent associated in business, and his 
clientele is growing every day. Being an 
eligible bachelor, Mr. Cole caters particular- 
ly to the ladies, and we wouldn't be sur- 
prised to pick up The Jeffersonian some Sat- 
urday morning and find that "Mr. and Mrs. 
So-and-So announce, etc." The wise ones 
say that no lawyer is ever "well-balanced" 
until he gets a side-partner. Mr. Cole Is 
also prominently identified with the work of 
several fraternal organizations and is much 
in demand as a speechmaker, especially upon 
festive occasions. He is also active in civic 
affairs, and at the time of the writing of this 
sketch is at the head of the Towson Town 
Club. Mr. Cole has been zealous and unsel- 
fish in his efforts to make Towson a better 
place to live in, and, incidentally, a cheaper 
place, he having taken an active part in the 
fight for a 5-cent carfare from the city. Like 
his distinguished father, "Billy" also has 
many of the attributes of a successful poli- 
tician, and we wouldn't be surprised to find 
his hat in the ring for some worthy office 
before manv moons. 



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to the house service pipe. 

RURALITE COMPANY 

819 Seventeenth Street 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 

527 N. Howard Street 

BALTIMORE, MD. 



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MICHAEL J. GAFF 




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R. GAFF, who was one time Sheriff of 
Baltimore county, lives with his large 
and interesting family in the Twelfth 
district, where he is Road Supervisor. As 
Sheriff, Mr. Gaff made a satisfactory record, 
and he was fortunate in not having to apply 
the "noose." He personally looked after the 
work of the office and saw that his deputies 
kept busy. As Supervisor for the Twelfth 
district, Mr. Gaff handles thousands of dollars 
of the taxpayers' money annually, and we 
have yet to hear even a suggestion of graft 
or waste on his part. He is "on the job" at 
all times and sees to it that the county gets a 
square deal on every contract for labor and 
materials. Mr. Gaff's chief hobby is that of 
being a Democrat. He is of the "dyed-in-the- 
wool" variety and can always be depended 
upon to line up a number of personal fol- 
lowers for every Democrat on the ticket. 
And if every Democrat in the Twelfth district 
would raise as many young Democrats as he 
is now raising, the Republicans would have 
to "go way back and sit down" for a gen- 
eration, at least. 



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MICHAEL J. GAFF 

General Contracting 

3418 Toone St. 

CANTON 

Baltimore County, Maryland 
Phone Wolfe 2956-R 




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JOHN D. C. DONCAN, JR. 




MR. DUNCAN is the son of Judge Prank 
I. Duncan, and, following in the foot- 
steps of his distinguished father, has 
chosen the Law as his profession. He has an 
oifice in the Title Building, Baltimore, and 
enjoys a large practice. He frequently ap- 
pears in the county and city courts and has 
been unusually successful in the trial of 
cases. He early joined the ranks of the au- 
Lomobilists and, as our cartoonist has so viv- 
idly pictured, is fond of speeding. That dog 
might follow him for a square but, take it 
from us, any dog that follows John Duncan 
from Lutherville to Baltimore has got to 
have something more than legs and lungs — 
it must have a good nose as well, for John 
only hits the high places when he gets his 
Saxon "warmed up." Mr. Duncan, before en- 
tering upon the active practice of his pro- 
fession, held a responsible position with the 
State Insurance Commissioner. When he be- 
gan practicing he formed a co-partnership 
with former State's Attorney Robert H. Bus- 
sey. This partnership, however, was later 
dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. Duncan 
has in a very short time "made his mark" 
at the bar and he bids fair in course of time 
to become one of the leading lawyers of 
Maryland. 



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CHAKI.es p. SOHX, I'li.C, Ph.G. 

Proprietor. 




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THE COURT DRUG STORE 

Is Modern and Up-To-The-Minute 

In Every Detail. 



Our immense and complete stock 
includes items as 

A. D. S. REMEDIES 

REXALL REMEDIES 

PHOTO SUPPLIES AND FILMS 

NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES 

PHARMACEUTICAL SPECIALTIES 

AND DRUG SUNDRIES 

HIGHEST GRADE CHOCOLATES 

AND BON-BONS 

STATIONERY AND SCHOOL 

SUPPLIES 

SICK ROOM REQUISITES 

We sell at the lowest cut prices. Our service 
will please you: our prices will suit you. 
and our policy of mouey back if not satisfied 
will appeal to you. 

( )ur Prescription Department is in charge of 
Graduate Pharmacists. 

We are manufacturers of The Famous Twelve- 
Minute Headache Capsules. 

Visit our Soda (rrill. It's the pride of the town. 
Our menu of Ices, lee Creams and Sundaes 
will satisfy the most fastidious. 

WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE. 



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HARRY M. BENZINGER 







IF THIS gentleman had been named Ben- 
giniier it would have been more to the 
point — for he is a "live wire" in every 
line of activity he pursues. Mr. Benzinger 
put so much "ginger" in the fight against 
Mayor Preston's Annexation Bill last winter 
that the thing simply died a-borning. Mr. 
Benzinger's routine occupation is that of an 
attorney-at-law — and he's a good one, too — 
but he's one of these fellows who doesn't be- 
lieve in living to or for himself alone, and 
he goes out and fights for or against what- 
ever he believes will redound to the good of 
the taxpayers of his native county as a whole. 
While he fought against the Annexation Bill, 
he fought for the Goods Roads Bill, the 
School Loan, the Sewerage Loan, and other 
measures having for their object the ad- 
vancement of the general welfare of the 
county. While more or less stern in manner 
at the bar or in the forum when he has his 
"fighting togs" on, Mr. Benzinger can kick 
up more merriment around the banquet 
board than any other man in Maryland. And 
this not all due to champagne, either! 



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A. A. PIPER, President. 

F. D. DOLLENBEKG, Sec'y «Sc' Treas. 

KOBT. A. PIPEK, Ass't Sec' v. 



Piper, Dollenberg & Co. 

INSURANCE 

OF 

ALL 

KINDS 



PIPER BTILDIXCr, 
TOWSON, MARYLAND. 

Teler)hone, Towsoii 94. 



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WILLIAM J. PEACH 



BILLYS 
iGONEFe TAKE 

ME TEF? 
' TOWSOINTOWN 

TEfe DAY 





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MR. Peach is the Register of Wills of Bal- 
timore County, has been for some time 
and is likely to be for some time to 
come. For "Billy" is not only a good fellow 
personally but a good politician as well. Mr. 
Peach lives 'way over in the Second district 
of Baltimore county, and is just as smooth, 
sound and durable as the famous granite 
marble that is quarried in that locality. He 
knows pretty much everybody in the Second 
district well enough to be called "Billy" and, 
as a district political leader, none has ever 
lived who could wield a larger influence. 
The secret of "Billy's" success in politics is 
that he plays the game "on the square." As 
Register of Wills, Mr. Peach has achieved 
an enviable record. The business of his office 
has more than doubled since his incumbency. 
He is on the job personally most every day 
and has introduced a modern and practical 
system for the handling of the affairs of 
his office. The State collects more revenue 
through his office than through that of any 
other Register of Wills in the State outside 
of Baltimore city. No more courteous and 
obliging official ever walked into the Towson 
Court House than "Billy" Peach! May he 
long continue to hold the office of Register 
of Wills. 

Mr. Peach's hobby is raising Peaches. He 
has a fine crop of 'em at his hospitable home 
over at Granite. 



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S. MONOCRUSOS C. AVL^iMIS 

C. & P. Phone St. Paul 8679 

DIAMOND 

CONFECTIONERY 

French Bakery 

Light Lunch 

SODA AND HOME-MADE 

CANDIES 

121 NORTH HOWARD STREET 

105 W. LEXINGTON STREET 

BALTIMORE. MD. 

WE USE NOTHING BUT FRUIT 
FOR OUR FLAVORS 

Ford Dearborn Attachment 

AND YOUR FORD MAKES A TON TRUCK 

See us for full particulars 
And demonstration. 

Ford Commercial Bodies 

In stock ready for 
Immediate Delivery. 

New Ford Runabout Bodies, $25. 

The C. E. Hosbach Co. 

HIGH. B.^LTIMORE, FAYETTE STS. 

Successors to The King-Hosbach Co. 



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J. SMITH ORRICK 




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MR. ORRICK lives at Glyndoii, Baltimore 
county, where for many years he has 
held down the job of Justice of the 
Feace. Possessed of patience, a fair knowl- 
edge of the law, and good common sense, he 
has made a corking good dispenser of jus- 
tice. This is attested by the few appeals 
that are taken from his decisions and the 
ftwer reversals handed down upon the ap- 
peals so taken. Besides his activites as J. P., 
j\!r. Orrick takes an active interest in the 
linancial affairs of Glyndon, having for some 
time been President of the Glyndon Perma- 
nent Building Association. 

That Justice Orrick is also possessed of a 
keen sense of humor is apparent from the 
following "pome" which he recently sent the 
Editor upon receiving a letter containing his 
"cut:" 

Your circular letter with "cut" received; 
That 1 am so ugly I hardly believed. 
Not one line of beauty on which I can boast — 
Looks as if I lived on sour milk and toast. 

Yes. place the "cut" in your new book. 
For no one will trouble to give it a look. 
Minus all beauty, yet I am happy, 
I'm too usilv to flirt, and never get "daffie." 



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IMPORTED JERSEY HERD 




HEADED BY 

EMINEXT DOR, Xo. 91251, 

a son of the great BULL EMINENT SECOND, 
l: 2532 H. C. Sold for $10,000 at public auction. 
Pi-izewinner on Isle of Jersey and sire of 8^ 
tfsted daughters, and of FERNS BLUE BELLE, 
H'S820, tested 21 pounds of butter in seven days. 



GOLDEN MAID'S OXFORD, No. 122167, 

liiiported from Isle of Jersey son of OXFORD 
lOU'LL DO, P. 4075 H. C, sire of 20 GOLDEN 
iMAID'S SAFETY, P. 14389 H. C, daughter of 
GOLDEN MAID'S PRINCE, sire of 42 tested 
daughters. 



COWS BY THE FAMOUS BULL OXFORD 
LAD, P. 3128 H. C, sire of 43 tested 

Daughtei'.s. 

Daughters — 

^"IOLA•S GOLDEN JOLLY, sold for $15,000. 

STOCKWELL, siie of It tested daughtcr.s. 

GOLDEN FERN'S LAD, sire of FLYING F<^X, 
sold for $7,500. 

EMINENT, sold for $10,000. 

SENSATIONAL FERN, sold for $10,200 and 
sire of 29 tested daughters in the Register of 
P'erit and 22 sons with daughters in the Rt^g- 
ister of Merit. 



vor.Nf; Bri.i.s at reasonable pukes. 

Ill V OME VXD IMPROVE YOUR HEKIJ. 



CHARLES K. RIEMAX, Owner. 
I>iiinbnr(oii Farm. Rodgers Forge, Md. 



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PATRICK BRADLEY 




JUDGE BRADLEY, formerly a member of 
the Orphans' Court of Baltimore County, 
resides at Loreley in the Eleventh dis- 
trict. Prior to his election to the bench he 
for several years served the public as a Jus- 
tice of the Peace. Both as Justice and as 
Judge he made a record of which he and his 
descendants may justly feel proud. He was 
at all times courteous and attentive and was 
quick to grasp the right and justice of a mat- 
ter. Whenever he rendered a decision the 
parties affected, whether favorably or ad- 
versely, felt that their cause had been fairly 
and impartially weighed and considered. Al- 
though generally a very quiet man. Judge 
Bradley is remarkably well informed upon 
a variety of subjects and, when among 
friends, frequently gives vent to his store 
of tj'pical Irish wit. He bears the distinc- 
tion of being the oldest man ever elected to 
the Orphans' Court, but his faculties are still 
unimpaired and he takes a lively interest 
in the public affairs of the day. Judge Brad- 
ley's hobbies are not generally known at the 
county seat, but it may safely be surmised 
that one of his great joys is his old corn-cob 
pipe. Long may he live to enjoy his pipe 
and the respect and esteem of his fellow- 
citizens in the county! 



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. FREDERICK SCHLEE 

Contraclor 
For all kinds of 
Brickwork 

Furnace Building and Repairing 
a Specielty 

Jobbing Promptly Attended To 




:$SlcS TOOIVE STREET 
BALTIMORE, MR. 



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I DR. E. M. DUNCAN = 



DOC- I -GOT 
iTHER-WORST 

'of it as 

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WHEN anybody around Govans gets a 
pain or a chill he nine times out of 
ten gets in touch with Dr. E. M. Dun- 
can, the most popular and successful physi- 
cian in that locality. Dr. Duncan is a 
brother of Judge Frank 1. Duncan and pos- 
sesses many of "His Honor's" personal at- 
tractions. He has a large and lucrative prac- 
tice and enjoys tlie confidence and esteem of 
most everybody around Govans, irrespective 
oi" their religion, politics or previous condi- 
tion of servitude. He has for years taken an 
ac five interest in the civic affairs of Govans 
and frequently goes to the trouble of appear- 
ing before the County Commissioners and 
urging some needed public improvement. He 
was for some years at the head of the Go- 
vans Improvement Association and took a 
lively interest in the fight for better schools 
and roads, also sanitation. He is also a 
'Dry" man and is taking an active interest 
in the fight to make Baltimore county a 
Sahara, alcoholically speaking. 

The Doctor's chief hobby appears to be his 
automobile. When he has any spare time 
on his hands he can generally be seen spin- 
ning along one or more of the fine roads in 
and around Govans. 



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K\ CALVEKT STKLART 
WILLIAM P. BUTLEK 



STEUART & BUTLER 

Auctioneers 



TOW SOX 
NAKYLAXI) 



OFFirE: 

PII'EK BUILDING 

Towson, M(l. 
Teleplione, Tdwsoii !)-4 



MILTON J. DANCE 

Licenced Auctioneer 



residence: 
G L E X .\ R M 

Hal'itmokmv CorxT^'. Md. 
Tple])li<)ne. Fork 'J.!-F.") 



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RICHARD VINCENT, JR. 



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MR. VINCENT is perhaps the biggest all- 
around florist in the State, but his spe- 
cialty is dalilias. He grows acres of 
them and invites the populace, from county 
and city, to come to White Marsh, early every 
fall and glory in his achievements. Have you, 
dear reader, ever attended one of Vincent's 
Dahlia Shovv^s? If not, make it your busi- 
ness to go to White Marsh this coming fall 
and let your eyes behold one of tlie most 
beautiful and inspiring scenes anywhere on 
God's footstool! Young man, if you liave a 
sweetlieart, take laer up or down or over to 
White Marsli this fall and get her an armful 
of dahlias — and she's your sweetheart for 
evermore! Mr. Vincent is one of Baltimore 
county's substantial citizens and the county 
is justly proud of him. May his tribe in- 
crease! 



To place my name in this space 
Would be a terrible offence ; 

So I contribute with rare grace 
To help you bear the expense. 



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JOHN M. DENNIS 



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WHILE the last Legislature was dead- 
locked over the election of a State 
Treasurer to succeed General Vaud- 
ver, and the whole Democratic party seemed 
to have split on a rock, somebody — probably 
Mr. Talbott — shouted "His name is Dennis!" 
Whereupon the' political skies suddenly be- 
came as clear as crystal and the Good Old 
Ship of Democracy passed serenely on its 
course. ;\Ir. Dennis has already made his 
mark as State Treasurer and, while it is al- 
v.ays hazardous to make political prophesies, 
we venture to predict that the people of the 
State will think so well of Treasurer Dennis 
toward the end of his term that they will in- 
sist upon him staying on the job. Mr. Den- 
nis is an affable gentleman, a keen business 
man, and an all-around good citizen. Among 
his hobbies are his fine herd of Holstein cows 
which he keeps on his beautiful farm at Ri- 
der wood. These cows are probably the finest 
in the State and the dairy on the Dennis farm 
is a model for efficiency and cleanliness. Mr. 
Dennis is one of those rare kind who believes 
that anything worth doing is worth doing 
right, and this accounts in great measure for 
his success in every line of work he has un- 
dertaken. He is one of Baltimore county's 
most substantial and useful citizens. May 
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WHEN IN NEED OF 

HOLSTEIN CATTLE 

DO NOT FORGET 

Essex Farm and 

Brooklandwood 

Farms 



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KING SEGIS PONTIAC ALCARTRA, Jr. 



LUTHERVILLE, 

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD. 

Homes of the Best Holsteins in the South 



Herds headed by the wonderful bull 

King Segis Pofltiac Alcartra, Jr., 

Son of the $50,000 Bull. 



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DR. HENRY P. HYNSON 




DR. HYNSON has been little heard of late- 
ly, but for years he was active in the 
civic affairs of the county and served 
for some time as President of the Confeder- 
ated Civic and Improvement Associations of 
Baltimore County. While president of this 
confederation he took a most active interest 
in the fight for better schools, and when the 
school loan was before the voters of the 
county his voice was heard in its advocacy 
at most every public meeting held. He has 
also been active in other civic matters, par- 
ticularly good roads. He is a forceful and 
pleasing speaker and has a fund of good 
"jarns" which he uses with telling effect in 
advocating a cause dear to his heart. While 
never having held public office, Dr. Hynson 
is believed to have been "stung" rather se- 
verely by the County Commissioner "bee" a 
few years ago. The swelling went down, how- 
ever, without result. Dr. Hynson is connect- 
ed with the well-known druggists' firm of 
Hynson, Westcott & Co., Baltimore city, but 
he lives in Baltimore county and is one of 
our useful and substantial citizens. 



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I IS AN ART. I 

I WE ARE ARTISTS, I 



The Smallest Order 
Receives The Same 
Careful And Prompt 
Attention As The 
Largest One 



PHONE TOW SON 289 

The JeffersonJan 

TOW SON, MD. 



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BISHOP JOHN GARDNER MURRAY 




BISHOP JOHN GARDNER MURRAY is 
head of the Protestant Episcopal Dio- 
cese of Maryland. Kind, affectionate 
and a man of broad mind Bishop Murray 
has made a host of friends both in and out 
of his church. While his rise in the minis- 
try was made step by step it has been some- 
what rapid, for he did not set out from his 
younger days to pursue the paths of preach- 
ing the gospel, but started life as a mer- 
chant, engaging in the wholesale business in 
New Orleans, after which he studied for the 
ministry, assuming his duties along this line 
in the South. Bishop Murray's first charge 
in Maryland was as rector of the Church of 
St. Michaels and All Angels' in Baltimore, 
after which he was made Coadjutor Bishop 
of the Diocese of Maryland, and was elected 
bishop after the death of the late Bishop 
Paret. Bishop Murray is well known to the 
Episcopalians of Baltimore county, and has 
confirmed many of the younger folks as well 
as a great many of the older ones. 



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Si^LFETY FIRST 



You can help in this work of prevent- 
ing accidents by exercising ordinary' 
care in using public highwaj^s, and b3^ 
promptly notifying the companies of 
the existence of any Hazardous Condi- 
tions. 

The Safety First movement being 
carried on by Public Service Com- 
panies is of vital importance to every 
man, woman and child in the county. 



RICHARD W. COOK 




THIS gentleman ranks among the fore- 
most real estate developers in the State, 
being general manager of Villa Nova, 
one of the most attractive suburban develop- 
ments around Baltimore, and whicn, by the 
waj\ is located in Baltimore county. Mr. Cook 
is rather a young man of the progressive type 
and has endeavored to carry out the princi- 
ple in all his undertakings, and if one were to 
visit Villa Nova they would have it portrayed 
in a vivid picture. The greatest of Mr. Cook's 
hobbies is good roads, and he works untir- 
ingly to accomplish this end. The avenues 
that run through his development are all 
macadamized, of good width, and are a real 
pleasure to drive over. He believes that if 
you lay good roads you have no trouble in 
getting people to view your property and in 
turn purchase. It is more of the type of men 
like Richard W. Cook that Baltimore county 
stands in need of — good, substantial, progres- 
sive citizens. May his like increase and may 
Villa Nova soon be made up of beautiful 
rural homes. 



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What is the value per square foot of the 
ground under 3'our home? 
Figure it up for comparison 

Lots less than 4 Cents per Square Foot. 
Easy terms if desired. 

A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE 
NEARLY 600 FEET ABOVE 

TIDEWATER 

ABOUT ONE MILE FROM 

BALTIMORE CITY 




THIS PRICE INCLUDES 
Cement walk 4 feet wide at front of Lot. Well built 
road.s already completed. Under ground SeAverage. 
Deed and recording same, also Title Policy guaran- 
teeing Title to you from Title Guarantee and Trust 
Co. ALL FOR LESS THAN FOUR CENTS PER 
SQUARE FOOT. This Price Soon to Double. 

Cottages ready for occupancy also for sale — 

Price right. Spend one cent and mail 

Postal for Map and Pictures of 




Don't wait, it will interest j'ou— Do it now. 

KICH'D M . COOK, 
14 E. Lexington St. Baltimore, Md. 

Our Antomohile at voiir (service to inspect \'illa Kovh 
Only a short run out Liberty Heights Ave. 
The New State Boulevard. 



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DR. CHARLES G. HILL 




THE veteran above, pictured by the "pen 
pusher" as if a duplicate of the bronze 
statue of Charles Eager Howard of Rev- 
olutionary fame and which adorns Washing- 
ton Square on Charles Street, just opposite 
the Stafford Hotel, Baltimore, is Dr. Charles 
G. Hill, surgeon of Troop A, Maryland Na- 
tional Guard, and physician-in-chief of Mouni 
Hope Retreat, Mount Hope, Baltimore coun- 
ty. While the Doctor's activities as a nerve 
specialist consumes a greater portion of his 
time, he found ample opportunity to drill 
with the boys of Troop A at their armory 
at Pikesville until they were sent to the 
Mexican frontier, and since the first of July 
Dr. Hill's "pony" has had a good long rest. 
In uniform, mounted on a fiery steed, the 
Doctor presents a most pleasing aspect, and 
whenever the troopers were called to parade 
for any patriotic celebration the Major was 
much admired. Dr. Hill is a real Chester- 
field in manners and appearance, and as a 
nerve specialist is recognized as an authority 
the country over. He makes his home in Bal- 
timore county, and has a beautiful residence 
on Wylie avenue near the Reisterstown road. 



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compliments 
dr chas. g. hill 

Park Heights and Wylie Ave. 

Baltimore County, 

Maryland 



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EDWARD A. POWERS 







NEVER been to the Suburban? Then you 
had better go if you want to spend a 
real night of pleasure, for Edward A. 
Powers, the proprietor, has been at the busi- 
ness too long not to know just how to cater 
to the wants of the public. When it comes to 
getting vaudeville acts that please the folks 
and good chefs that can prepare "ye olde- 
style Maryland dinners" there's no place in 
the State that "can light a candle" with the 
Suburban, on Park Heights avenue, just be- 
yond the city line. In the summer "Eddie" 
operates a cabaret show that is unexcelled, 
and a dance floor escond to none, and the 
music — why it just carries one off their feet, 
it's grand. In the winter it's practically the 
same. Mr. Powers' heart and soul is wrapped 
up in the modern establishment which he 
personally conducts and, save for his dogs, 
of which he has a dozen or more, there is 
little else that commands his attention. The 
Suburban is a place where a fellow need not 
be afraid to take his wife, his daughter or 
his sweetheart, and you can bet your bot- 
tom dollar that there'll be something doing 
every minute, for "Eddie" has a good place 
and knows how to run it. The best sort of 
proof of the popularity of the place is the 
hundreds of automobiles that are parked in 
front of the Suburban nightly, and the ring- 
ing cheers of laughter that are carried on 
the breezes from the interior of the garden. 



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BALTIMORE, MD. 

OPEN ALL THE YEAR 

COMPLETE A LA CARTE SERVICE 




ED. A. POWERS. Proprietor 




THE PLACE WHERE ITS A PLEASURE TO DANCE AND WHERE 
ITS A PLEASURE TO EAT 







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JLLY" KLOHR is a plumber by trade 
and an orator by profession. During 
the recent fight waged against "Old 
John Barleycorn" in this county Brother 
Klohr was a leading spirit with "John's" 
forces, and he was often asked by those who 
carried an umbrella to keep from getting 
"wet" why he did not give up his vocation 
and get a job "driving a water wagon." 
"Billy's" trade as a plumber brought him in 
contact with water too often, and he just 
couldn't see it the way that the "drys" de- 
sired him to, and therefore kept up his battle 
for "Old John" to the last, and, by the way, 
he came out victorious. Mr. Klohr is a resi- 
dent of Towson and conducts a plumbing shop 
oi> the York road just north of Chesapeake 
avenue, where one may secure anything from 
a pipe joint to a complete bathroom outfit, or 
iv fact find men well able to place all the 
necessary modern conveniences in their home. 
Probably the greatest of Mr. Klohr's hobbies 
io to secure a good dog and with gun in hand 
prowl over the hills and through the dales 
in quest of game. He also likes to take an 
occasional fishing trip and usually comes 
heme with a basket of good looking speci- 
mens. 



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SPARROWS POINT 



FIRST among the great industrial enter- 
prises that contribute to the financial 
stability of Baltimore County is the 
Maryland plant of the Bethlehem Steel Com- 
pany, at Sparrows Point. While it is now 
employing 6,000 men and is of great im- 
portance, commercially, when the improve- 
ments contemplated are completed, the local 
plant will rank among the greatest in the 
United States and probably in the world. 

Nearly thirty years have passed since the 
Pennsylvania Steel Company purchased the 
land upon which the town and plant now 
stand. The question is advanced at times 
why such a plant is located so far from the 
base of raw materials — two hundred miles 
from the coal mines of the Alleghenies and 
1200 miles from the ore banks of Cuba. It 
is very true that Sparrows Point is 1200 
miles from Daiquiri Dock, Cuba, but Pitts- 
burgh is a third again as far distant, and to 
haul ore overland it must first be unloaded 
from ships and carried by train over the 
mountains, which is a cumbersome, slow and 
expensive process. 

A trip to the Point will convince you that 
a much easier and less expensive method is 
in vogue. Ore is discharged from the hold 
of steamers and dumped almost at the very 
door of the furnaces. There is also a cheap 
way of loading steel rails for European and 
South American ports, and this is directly 
into the ships without the necessity of send- 
ing it to some seaport by rail first. Way 
back in 188 6 land at Patapsco Neck was 
cheap, and there was ample space for the 
disposal of waste products such as slag, etc., 
and which is disposed of at inland plants 
only under great expense and considerable 
difficulty. At Sparrows Point the problem 
was an easy one — it was dumped into the 
water, thereby creating more land. 

Two large railroad systems were close at 
hand, and over their lines it was possible to 
reach either Mexico or Winnipeg. Truck 
farms made up the surrounding country, and 
the beautiful waters of the Chesapeake glit- 
tered not far away, thereby making an ideal 
location for such an industry. 



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The land was surveyed and laid out in 
188 7, at which time the erection of the blast 
furnaces was also begun. The first pig iron 
suitable for conversion into Bessemer steel 
was cast on October 2 3, 188 9, the date of 
the real beginning of big operations at Spar- 
rows Point. Since that time it has seen good 
seasons and bad, and during the long indus- 
trial depression of the nineties the plant was 




compelled to shut down. But speaking gen- 
erally, it has been an ever-growing enter- 
prise. 

The first Bessemer steel that was produced 
in the State of Maryland was blown on Au- 
gust 1, 1891, and the first steel rail was made 
just six days later. Since then, however, the 
great mills have been turning out thousands 
upon thousands of tons of rails, and for near- 
ly every railroad in this as well as foreign 
lands. Italy. France, Australia, India, .\f- 



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rica, Norway and China have made large pur- 
chases. During the Russo-Japanese war the 
armies of each country were transported over 
rails made at Sparrows Point; they stretched 
up toward Vladiwostok and down toward Pe- 
kin and Port Arthur. 

Iron ore that finds its way to Sparrows 
Point to be converted into pig iron and rails 
comes from the Great Lakes, Cuba and the 
Mediterranean ports. Half a million tons of 
it are used yearly, with about 150,000 tons 
ot limestone and mountains of coal. 

The Sparrows Point mills are given over 
almost entirely to rolling steel rails and bil- 
lets, though the improvements now under 
way will make it possible to greatly diversify 
the product. 

Probably the most noteworthy product of 
the Shipbuilding Department is the dry dock 
Dewey. This gigantic craft was built in a 
basin, with a cofferdam to shut out the water 
of the bay. When completed, instead of be- 
ing launched by gliding down a "ways," water 
was admitted to the basin and the gigantic 
craft was floated. Its method of operation is 
to submerge so as to permit a ship to enter 
between the side walls, and after being cen- 
tered the water is pumped out and the vessel 
is lifted high and dry for repairs. The Dewey 
is capable of docking any ship up to 20,00 
tons dead weight. Vying with interest in the 
construction of the Dewey, is the remarkable 
feat of towing it to Olongopo, Philippine Isl- 
ands, where it is stationed. 

As a town Sparrows Point is quite as in- 
teresting as when viewed industrially. Well 
laid out, trees lining all the walks which are 
constructed of concrete, it presents a most 
pleasing sight. Pure water is furnished from 
deep artesian wells and there is an under- 
ground sewerage system. One of the most 
interesting features perhaps is the large store 
of the Sparrows Point vStore Company. In 
this establishment may be found everything 
from needles to anchors. A big truck farm 
supplies it with fresh vegetables, and a mod- 
ern bakery is a part of its equipment. The 
educational facilities of the town are excel- 
lent. Two kindergartens, intermediate schools 
and a high school offer the finest advantages 
to the children of the community. 

Sparrows Point has been well termed "the 
cleanest and greenest steel town in the Uni- 
ted States." 




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Henry Reckord 

AGENT FOR THE 



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Chesapeake Avenue 
TOWSON, MD. 

Tl RES— Ol LS---ACCESSORI ES 

REPAIRING 




MARTIN J. O'HARA 




MR. O'HARA is Chief Clerk in the office 
of Clerk of the Court William P. Cole 
— a position whicli he has very credit- 
ably filled for several years — and as such he 
superintends practically all the business of 
that office. Mr. O'Hara's specialty, hovirever, 
is that of issuing Licenses. Although still a 
young man, he has probably issued more li- 
censes, for various purposes, than any other 
man in Maryland. Under the various gen- 
eral and local statutes now in force it is al- 
most impossible for anyone to turn around 
without first going to Mr. O'Hara for a li- 
cense. While no one has kept tally, it is 
safe to say that Mr. O'Hara has in his life- 
time issued no less than 9,999,999 marriage 
licenses, not to mention the innumerable 
traders' licenses, saloon licenses, gunners' 
licenses, auctioneers' licenses, real estate 
agents' licenses, undertakers' licenses, jack- 
ass licenses, and so on ad infinitum. Mr. 
O'Hara, in his License Department, is a pro- 
lific source of revenue for the State and 
county. He is always well groomed and his 
"presence" is such as to command attention 
wherever he goes. 

Mr. O'Hara's liobbies are few, but perhaps 
his greatest delight is to run down to At- 
lantic City every summer and find out what 
the wild waves are saying — and, incidental- 
ly, stroll the Boardwalk and admire the beau- 
ties of the seashore. 



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TOW SON 78- W 



C. GUS CRASON 

Attorney at Lavj 



PIPER BUILDING 
TOWSON, MD. 



iELEPHONE 
TOWSON 216 



WILLIAM P. COLE, Jr. 

Attorney at Law 



SECOND 

NATIONAL BANK BUILDING 

TOWSON, MD. 



VICTOR G. BLODE 




MR. BLODE achieved considerable fame 
some years ago when he "harnessed" 
the waters of the Patapsco, near II- 
chester, to an electric plant which he built 
under the river at that point — something in 
the nature of a "submarine" power plant. 
The plant proved to be very efficient and he 
furnished current for lighting purposes in 
Catonsville and vicinity. After making un- 
successful efforts to introduce his product 
into Baltimore city he sold out to the Con- 
solidated Gas Electric Light and Power Com- 
pany. While Mr. Blode has been successful 
in various business enterprises, his name will 
no doubt be longer honored and remembered 
on account of his philanthropic enterprise. 
He was largely instrumental in establishing 
the Eudowood Sanitorium, near Towson. 
where victims of the White Plague are treat- 
ed by hundreds every year. One of the hos- 
pitals in the group of buildings at Eudowood 
bears the name of Blode. Mr. Blode is one 
of the county's foremost citizens and taxpay- 
ers. Would that we had more of his kind! 



THE 

PIKESVILLE 

NATIONAL 

BANK 

PIKESVILLE, MD. 



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HARRY M. BENZIXGER 
President 

CHAS. K. HANN 
Cashier 



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DIRECTORS 
B. John Bhick C. J. Foley 

\Vm. B. Cockey Geo. E. Eyncli 
\Vm. F. Coghlan A. T. Myer 
Robt. Corbett S. M. Slioeniaker 



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HON. FRANK A. FURST 




MR. FURST — who is just plain Frank 
among his wide circle of intimates — - 
is one of the b'g men of Maryland — 
big in mind, body and soul. He is a natural 
leader and organizer of men, and although 
he has always taken an active interest in pol- 
itics has never held public office. His record 
in this respect is exceptional. Many times 
have his friends tried to coax him into the 
political arena — even tempting him with the 
nomination for Governor — but he has con- 
sistently refused to be a candidate for any- 
thing. This doesn't mean, however, that he 
has not rendered public service. He has per- 
hiips accomplished more out of office than 
he could have accomplished in office. He 
championed the cause of Hon. Emerson C. 
Harrington in his recent Gubernatorial fight 
and is generally given the credit for the Gov- 
ernor's election. Mr. Furst's fame is not con- 
fined alone to Maryland. He is known as a 
canal builder throughout the nation and has 
frequently taken large dredging contracts 
along the Atlantic Seaboard. He is a jovial, 
likeable fellow, and eats a herring every New- 
Year's morn for good luck. We are inclined 
to think, however, that it is his pluck rather 
than his luck that has gained him the com- 
nsanding position of influence which he now 
occupies in the public affairs of the State 
and city. 



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N. B. LOBE & CO. 

General Auctioneers 



323 W. Baltimore Street 
BALTIMORE, MD. 



PHONE ST. PAUL 4305 



INDEPENDENT 

ICE 

COMPANY 

S. CLAYTON SEITZ, 
Proprietor. 

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 

ICE AND 
ICE CREAM 

YORK ROAD AND CHESAPEAKE AVENUE 

TOWSON. MD. 

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A Worb Q^o (Sur Srab^rs 



TO CT)]\rPTLE an edition of 
this character consumed con- 
siderable time. It has meant 
tlie burning of a great amount of 
"midniglit oil/' The snapshots in 
this book were not selected, but 
taken at random, and we realize 
that there are many prominent 
men in Baltimore county who 
have been "slighted" so to speak. 
It is the intention of The Jeffer- 
sonian to publish in each issue a 
"snapshot" and in all probability 
by the time the next 865 days roll 
around Ave will have enough gath- 
ered together to publish auothcr 
edition. We wish to take this op- 
portunity to thank our large fam- 
ily of advertisers, who have so 
generously assisted us in this 
work, and to thank each our who 
has in the slightest degree helped 
to make The Jeffersonian the 
paper that it is today. 



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THE OFFICE FORCE 

HERE are the boys behind The Jefferso- 
nian — the staff from the Editor down 
to the Devil, of from the Devil up to 
the Editor, whichever way you'll have it — 
and like the boys behind the guns in modern 
warfare, they do the real work and yet get 
very little credit for it or glory out of it. 
"Equal justice to all," however, impels us to 
present them to our readers. 



1 tN THE upper left-hand corner is Orenze R. s 

s I Rice, the linotype operator, who with rare = 

= -^ skill and infinite patience sets into cold = 

s type the mass of "copy" hurled at him by the ^ 

1 Editor and the neighborhood correspondents. ^ 

1 To be a good linotype operator one must also ^ 

1 be a good mind-reader, for it is a hopeless m 

1 task to make even "horse sense" by follow- = 

1 Ing literally some of the manuscript submit- s 

= ted. Mr. Rice, however, reads the writer's p 

§ mind, as well as his hieroglyphics, and in s 

= emergencies draws on his own imagination to ^ 

1 help out. With all his temptations to swear, ^ 

= however, he never permits himself to become = 

1 rumpled or grumpled. Verily, Mr. Rice is a ^ 

= "laborer worthy of his hire." s 

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IN THE upper right-hand corner is the late 
Henry C. Longnecker, who at the time this 
cartoon was drawn was connected with 
The Jeffersonian. He died March 7, 1916, 
alter having spent a long and useful life in 
newspaper work. Mr. Longnecker was a man 
of sterling qualities and his loss is mourned 
not only by his coworkers on the staff of The 
Jeffersonian but as well by a host of friends 
throughout the county. 



BENEATH is William George Harrison, the 
"Printer's Devil," but otherwise more 
familiarly known among his associates 
as "Happy." Like his namesake Hooligan, 
"Happy" gets into a good many "scrapes," 
but always emerges with a broad smile. II 
is a part of his duty to keep the machinery 
well oiled, and although he ofttimes gets 
more oil on his face and hands than on the 
machinery, he nevertheless manages to keep 
things running smoothly. 



s TN the centre is Logie Bonnett, who is kept 

s I busy looking after the business, editorial 

M and "cartoonical" interests of the paper. 



AT THE lower left-hand corner is "Bill" 
Koch, otherwise more politely known as 
William, who is the official pressman. 
He "feeds" the paper upon which The "Jeff" 
is printed to the big press, which passes the 
funshed product on to "Fatty" Hughes, oth- 
erwise more politely known as Harry, who in 
turn prepares said product for mailing. 



IN THE lower right-hand corner is W. Harry 
Flayhart, whose official title is "Commo- 
dore." It is somewhat of a mvstery how 
he acquired this title, as the only time he 
has ever been known to be "at sea" was when 
asked to arrange a "freak" advertisement. 
The "Commodore's" duty is to "set" all ad- 
vertising matter that appears in the paper, 
which he does with all the bluster and ten- 
derness of a mother hen. 



ABOVE is Harry Fuller, "the broom art- 
ist." who keeps The "Jeff" office and 
plant just as spick and span as would 
"Old Dutch Cleanser," and when it comes to 
running errands quickly, Harry is right on 
the job. 



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"UNCLE JAKE" 




LAN' SAKES! Yes, Ihis 
is ther first time that 
my darn old mug has 
been in er print, an' if I do 
say so myself I ain't a bad 
lookin' feller, now own up 
right, am I? I'm ther yap 
that has a few lines ter say 
each time ther "Jeff" comes 
out, an' if I'd ferget ter say 
somethin' 'bout Constable 
Thompson there'd be er lot 
of disappointed critters in 
and around Baltimore coun- 
ty. If yer mug was left out 
of this yer book, thank yer 
stars, 'cause it is er fact that 
I'm ther best lookin' thing 
in it. Who was that laffed? 
'Taint no use! I've travel- 
ed this yer country from 
coast ter coast and lived in 
a great many "bergs" an' 
cities, but seems ter me that 
I'll end my darn old days in 
this yer co'munity. Yer see, 
me an' Mame don't get ter 
town often, but when we do we take in every- 
thing from A ter Z. Ther other night we de- 
cided ter go to ther theater, an' took our 
"horseless carriage," a darn good buggy, an' 
ther old family mule an' made our way ter 
ther show house. When we got in er front 
I lit my old pipe, an' after gittin' a glimpse 
of ther crowd an' lookin' at those comin' in 
handsome limousines (or lima beans, as yer 
v/ant ter call them) an' ther poor every day 
feller clinging ter his girl and hoofin' it; sud- 
denly we heard ther sweet strains of music 
comin' through the flapping doors. I feel 
pretty sure that I would have tried ther fox 
trot or some other of those fandangle dances 
if me an' iMame had been er lone — that darn 
music seemed ter limber me up er bit. In 
we went. I was rendered spellbound when 
I beheld ther decorations. It took me back 
ter ther days when I was er kid, an' yer 
know that's been some time ago. I thought 
v/e'd entered a fairy land, that ma used ter 
read ter me 'bout when she sat me on her 
knee. Over my pesky old head hung a great 
canopy of light blue an' every now an' then 
a big gold star. Doves were suspended from 
ther ceilin' and there was plenty of them at 
that. My old worn brain can't remember 
like it used to, but I reckon there was at 
least a hundred. Yer know music gets me. 
When I was a lad I used to be some jigger 
and always managed ter get ther prettiest 
girl in ther neighborhood ter take 'long; so 
when ther musicians struck up an old fa- 
miliar tune, I just literally waltzed down ter 
our seats. Presently the doggasted back of 
ther theatre went up, an' girls came out. 



Well, Mame covered her head with her shawl 
an' they kicked and rared. Then er man 
co.me on and wanted ter kill another, an' 
Mame got ter fightin' with me 'cause I didn't 
butt in and sep'rate them. Ther excitement 
was too much fer yer Uncle Jake, so I grab- 
bed Mame by ther arm an' out we went. As 
we edged ther curb, we could see ther old 
mule running up ther street. One of them 
city urchins had let her loose an' she was 
headed fer home. A feller walked up an' 
said: "I'll take yer home, step in." Me an' 
Mame was so tickled with his er politeness 
that I thanked him heartily, shook him by 
ther hand and stepped into his contrapshun. 
In less than no time he had whizzed us home, 
an' opened ther darn old door an' let us out. 
"I can't tell yer how much I appreciate this," 
I said. "Come out some time and have din- 
ner with us." "Three-fifty," said he, as he 
examined a thing that looked like an alarm 
clock fastened ter ther front of his autermo- 
bil. And dadblame by buttons if I didn't 
realize fer ther first time that I'd hired a 
taxicab. Ther best thing that yer can do is 
ter stay 'way from theatres, an' whenever 
yer feel like lookin' at a comic opera or a 
burlesque show review this yer book. 




The last page is near at hand, 
And soon the good folks of our land 
Will know by name the live wires, then 
The up-to-date, popular business men. 



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TOWSON 



A Historic Sketch of the County Seat 



CCompiled From Various Sources.) 



TOWSON is the county seat of Baltimore 
county, and is seven miles north of the 
city, on the York turnpike. It has a 
population of 2,550. Here are located the 
Court House, the county offices, County Jail, 
several hotels, churches and schools, and dur- 
ing terms of court, and in times of political 
contests, farmers' gatherings, county meet- 
ings, etc., the town has a lively appearance, 
thought it is at all times the center of much 
activity. The County Almshouse is in the 
Eighth district, near Cockeysville. There are 
many handsome residences in the town, and 
the taste of the people has led to the culti- 
vation of attractive flower gardens around 
their homes, so that in the proper season 
many of the lawns and grounds are indeed 
beautiful. Much money is represented in 
and around Towson, and the buildings show 
that a refined judgment has directed large 
expenditures in beautifying the place. 

The name of Towson comes from the Tow- 
son family, who in the early days of the coun- 
try kept "Towson's Tavern" in this locality. 
The mention of them on record here is in 
1771, when Samuel Worthington, one of the 
justices of the Levy Court, paid Thomas Tow- 
son the bounty on one hundred and thirteen 
squirrel skins. The next is in 1796, when 
Thomas Stansbury was appointed supervisor 
of the road from Towson's Tavern to the 
Long Calm, and was allowed five pounds for 
keeping it in repair. This is now the Jopp-.^ 
road. In 1776, William Welsh was allowed 
seven pounds for keeping in repair the road 
from Ezekiel Towson's tavern to Walter Du- 
lany's ford, on the Falls of the Gunpowder, 
which is now the Towson and Dulany's turn- 
pike. In 1799 the York turnpike was being 
laid out, and Ezekiel Towson was very much 
dissatisfied with the line that had been adopt- 
ed because it did not pass the door of his 



hospitable ■ inn, and he petitioned the Gen- 
eral Assembly for a change in his favor. His 
petition recided: "That I am the owner and 
possessor of a tract or parcel of land in Bal- 
timore county on which there are considera- 
ble improvements; that by the establishment 
o>' the York road in said County a consider- 
able quantity of meadow land has been de- 
stroyed and my property materially injured; 
and the difference between the roads fixed by 
ihe commissioners of review and that con- 
templated by me and intended to run by my 
building is not more than thirty-two perch- 
es." The General Assembly, considering that 
Mr. Towson had a good grievance, and that 
he was willing to give up that portion of his 
land over which the road would pass, en- 
acted soon after "That the York turnpike 
road when altered shall pass by or near the 
buildings of the said Ezekiel Towson; that 
is to say, beginning for the said alterations 
at the place where the said turnpike road 
intersects the orchardes of John Hopkins, 
and running thence with a straight line until 
it intersects the Old York road at or near 
Ezekiel Towson's Tavern; thence again un- 
til it intersects the said turnpike as laid down 
and confirmed by the commissioners of re- 
view." 

In compliance with this act of the General 
Assembly the board of review directed the 
sui'veyor "to lay down and make a plat of 
the road, beginning at Towson's Tavern, and 
running thence, passing close to the west end 
ot Perrigo's house, until it intersects the re- 
corded road below Norwood's.' It appears 
from this that the turnpike as originally 
surveyed was considerably west of its pres- 
ent location, probably passing near where 
the County Jail now stands; thence over 
v/hat was then called Satter Ridge, by the 
gap near the Marsh family burying-ground, 
back of Sandy Bottom, and did not strike 
the present location until it reached me prop- 
erty then owned by Norwood, but now part 
of the Hampton estate, and where J. B. Par- 
lett has for many years resided. 

Towson and the Towson family have pro- 
duced one citizen and member who casts 
lustre upon the name — Gen. Nathan Towson. 
He was born at Towsontown, January 22, 

/ y^ ^ 3r8-f4, and was one of a family of twelve 
tf-^ children. Going South, he was in Louisiana 

f*^yy when our government purchased that terri- 
tory from France, and he entered one of the 
company of volunteers that was formed at 
Natchez, Miss., to enforce the American 
claim in case there should be any resistance 
by the French inhabitants. He was promoted 
to the command of the company, but in 1805 
he returned to Baltimore county, and he was 
engaged in farming when war was declared 
against England five years later. He was 



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commissioned captain of artillery on March 
15, 1812, joined Col. Winfield Scott, and 
went with him to Lake Erie, having raised 
his own company. He commanded a boat 
party that set out from Black Rock and cap- 
tured two British armed brigs, the "Detroit" 
and the "Caledonia." His boat grounded on 
the American side within point-blank range 
of the British canon, but Captain Towson re- 
fused to abandon his boat, and through his 
gallant efforts she was saved and subsequent- 
ly became one of the victorious fleet of Com- 
modore Perry. He remained with his bat- 
tery at Black Rock, the advanced post of the 
American army, during the winter of 1812- 
13, and in several minor affairs displayed 
his dauntless courage and military skill. At 
the battle of Stony Creek he was the senior 
officer of artillery, and did great destruction 
with his battery. He was charged by the 
enemy during the night, but the following 
morning he recaptured his guns and took a 
few British prisoners. 

When Colonel Scott was promoted to a 
general and took command of the army. Cap- 
tain Towson was ordered to Buffalo again, 
where he employed his time in drilling his 
battery. At the battle of Chippewa his was 
the only artillery engaged until after the 
retreat of the British. He selected his posi- 
titon opposite the enemy's batteries, which 
he utterly silenced, blowing up their ammu- 
nition wagon and causing dreadful slaughter. 
At the battle of Bridgewater his command 
suffered severely. Both his lieutenants were 
wounded, and of thirty-six men wno servea 
at the guns, twenty-seven were killed and 
wounded. At the defense of Fort Brie, when 
fifteen hundred of the best troops of the Brit- 
ish army attempted to recapture Captain 
Towson and Major Wood with two hundred 
and fifty infantrymen, were repulsed and 
held back, veterans of European wars de- 
clared that they had never seen a more rapid 
and deadly artillery fire. Captain Towson 
came home from the war crowned with hon- 
ors. Of his share in the battle of Chippewa, 
General Scott said in his official dispatch: 
"Towson's company was the first and last 
engaged, and during the whole conflict main- 
tained a high character which they had pre- 
viously won by their skill and valor." Gen- 
eral Ripley said of him: "I have no idea that 
there is any artillery officer in any service 
superior to him in the knowledge and per- 
formance of his duty." The gallant officer 
was promoted to lieutenant-colonel for his 
brave and efficient service. He was retain -^^ 
in the Army and made paymaster-general. 
He served throughout the Mexican war, and 
in March, 18 49, was breveted major-general. 
He died in Washington, July 2 5, 18 54, and 
his remains rest with those of his wife in 
Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown. 



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The corner-stone of the Court House for 
Baltimore county was laid at Towson (then 
called Towsontown) October 19, 1854, in the 
presence of a very large assemblage from the 
city and county. The newspapers of that 
time mention as among the distinguished per- 
sons present Thomas Wildey, the father of 
Odd Fellowship, and Rev. Stuart Robinson. 
A procession marched to the ground in the 
following order: Isaac Hoshall, chief mar- 
shal; the building committee composed of 
Joshua Hutchins, Joseph D. Pope, Edward 
S Myers, Charles Timanus and William Sla- 
ter; Judge Albert Constable; Coleman Yel- 
lott, orator of the occasion; the clergy, the 
county officials; a band of music; Towson 
Lodge I. O. O. .P.; citizens of the county 
and city. Judge Constable made a Drief ad- 
dress, and prayers were offered by Rev. 
Stuart Robinson and Rev. H. B. Ridgway. 
The ceremonies were concluded with the ad- 
dress by Mr. Yellott. The design of the 
building was for a structure of stone, two 
stories in height, one hundred and twelve 
feet front by fifty-six feet deep. The achi- 
tects were Dixon & Baldwin, and the builder 
was William H. Allen. The property was 
purchased from Dr. Grafton M. Bosley, who 
presented the county with the right of way 
to it from the turnpike. On December 16, 
1856, the grand jury made a presentment 
to the effect that no good title to the right 
of way or to the water-right for the jail had 
been secured. The commissioners produced 
opinions from Hon. T. Parkin Scott and Sam- 
uel H. Taggart that the title was sound. On 
Monday, January 5, 185 7, the first session of 
court was held at the Court House, and on 
the succeeding 15th of May, it was declared 
finished and was formally handed over to 
the County Commissioners. 

Towson has every modern convenience — 
a steam railroad, two electric street railways 
(one between Towson and Baltimore and the 
other between Towson and Timonium), elec- 
tric lighting, gas and water. The water is 
furnished by the Baltimore County Water 
and Electric Company, and is brought all the 
way over from Avalon, in the First district, 
where it is impounded and put through a 
process of treatment to insure its purity. As 
a result Towson, as well as other suburban 
communities served by the Baltimore Coun- 
ty Water Company, gets good water. The 
das aad Electric Company has greatly added 
to the appearance of the town and a branch 
office is maintained here. It has splendid 
banking facilities — two National banks, one 
State bank and two thirfty building associa- 
tions. The two National banks are located 
on Washington avenue opposite Court House 
Square, the First National occupying the site 
of the old Piper Building, the Second Na- 
tional occupies the site of the old Law Build- 



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iiig, the State bank is located on the York 
road, and one building association has quar- 
ters on the York road adjoining Lee's store, 
while the other has offices in Masonic Temple. 

Towson has a paid fire department and 
is well equipped to protect the town against 
fires. The work of the regular department 
is supplemented by that of the volunteers, 
who never fail to do effective work when an 
opportunity is offered. 

The town also has its doctors, dentists, 
lawyers, tradesmen artesians and policemen, 
^lid last, but not least, its newspapers — 
three in number — all of which go to press on 
Friday afternoon and carry glad tidings from 
the county seat to the farthermost parts oi' 
the county. State and nation. 

To make a long story short, TOWSON IS 
ALL RIGHT, and any one who contemplates 
locating here might, in the language of the 
Irishman, "do better and fare worse." 




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